Social Work Internship Description

The Developmental Disabilities Family Clinics provide comprehensive assessment and treatment services for children and adults with developmental disabilities. Specialty areas include persons dually diagnosed with a developmental disability and mental illness, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome and individuals with behavioral difficulties.

Training focuses on providing individual and family therapy to our adult clients, as well as collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to provide case management services to parents of children with developmental disabilities. Participation in the development and implementation of skills based therapy groups are also a key component of the internship experience. Significant collateral work is usually involved. Individual and group supervision from a multi-disciplinary perspective is provided weekly. Opportunities for bilingual (Spanish/English) work available.

Currently, the Developmental Disabilities Family Clinics accepts social work students from UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work and the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.

For more information about this training opportunity, please contact the Clinical Director:

Linda Sandman, MSW, LCSW
(312)413-1640
lsandman@uic.edu