{"id":14,"date":"2014-08-26T09:53:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:13:45","slug":"internship-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/internship-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship Information for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students are encouraged to identify and obtain an internship site on their own. If you are having difficulty, please reach out to the program coordinator, Professor James Fent (jfent@palomar.edu) or your internship course instructor.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to enrollment in these courses, it is recommended you secure an internship one month prior to the start of the semester. Please review the list of requirements before enrolling in one of our internship courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Registration through one of the following: <a href=\"https:\/\/ccapp.us\/\">California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals<\/a> (CCAPP) or <a href=\"https:\/\/cadtpcounselors.org\/\">Certification For Alcohol and Drug Treatment Professionals<\/a> (CADTP).<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Internship sites need to be certified by the California Department of Health Care Services for the Certifying Boards to recognize hours.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: revert\">You will need an Enrollment Application and Statement of Cooperation signed by your site supervisor.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Organizations that Palomar College AODS Students have completed practicums at:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(You do not have to choose from this list)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brother Benno&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">SCRC Southern California Recovery Centers<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Choices In Recovery<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Aurora Behavioral Health<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Amity Ranch<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">North County Serenity House<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">American Addiction Treatment Centers<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Casa Palmera<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Interfaith Community Services<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Alpha Project (Casa Raphael)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">TURN Behavioral Health Services (formerly known as MHS)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">McAlisiter Institute<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">West Coast Recovery Center<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The Fellowship Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-coop_ed-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-coop_ed\">Cooperative Education Requirements<\/h2>\n<span id=\"tablepress-coop_ed-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-coop_ed\">Students must complete a minimum of 54 supervised hours of employment or internship for each unit of enrollment.<\/span>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-coop_ed\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-coop_ed\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-coop_ed-name\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-coop_ed-description\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Units<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Total Hours<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Full Semester<br>16-week Semester<br><I>Hours per week <\/I><\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Late Start<br>12-week Session<br><I>Hours per week<\/I><\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Fast Track<br>8-week Session<br><I>Hours per week<\/I><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">216 total supervised hours<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">13.5 hours \/ week<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">18 hours \/ week<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">27 hours \/ week<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">162 total supervised hours<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">10.5 hours \/ week<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">13.5 hours \/ week<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">20.25 hours \/ week<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">108 total supervised hours<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">6.75 hours \/ week<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9 hours \/ week<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">13.5 hours \/ week<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-coop_ed from cache -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students are encouraged to identify and obtain an internship site on their own. If you are having difficulty, please reach out to the program coordinator, Professor James Fent (jfent@palomar.edu) or your internship course instructor. Prior to enrollment in these courses, it is recommended you secure an internship one month prior to the start of the&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/internship-links\/\">&nbsp;Continue Reading:<span> Internship Information for Students<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10009,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6SoS4-e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/aods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}