Recreation & Leisure Studies Internships

Students pursuing a degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies have the opportunity to apply the knowledge, methods, and leadership techniques learned in academic courses in real-world settings through internships. Generally completed during a student's senior year, internships allow students to gain a minium of 560 hours of experience at an agency that provides therapeutic recreation services.

Examples of internship placements for Recreation and Leisure Studies include, but are not limited to:

• Riverview Psychiatric Center, Augusta, ME
  inpatient mental health facility
• Riverridge Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Kennebunk, ME
  inpatient and residential care for those with traumatic brain injury
• Cedars Nursing Care Center, Portland, ME
  providing various levels of care for older adults
• Bayside Neurorehabilitation Center, Portland, ME
  day treatment program for those with various traumatic and non-traumatic brain health issues
• Maine Veterans Home, Scarborough, ME
  long term care for older adults
• St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, ME
  Recreation Therapists serve on inpatient psychiatric units providing services for children through older adults
• Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
  Recreation Therapists serve on the Elder Life Program providing support services for older adults admitted to the hospital
• Maine Center for Integrated Rehabilitation, Fairfield, ME
  out-patient services for those with traumatic brain injury
• Center for Therapeutic Recreation, Portland, ME
  serving children and adults with a wide variety of developmental, physical, and psychiatric disabilities in a community-based environment
• Denver Parks & Recreation Department, Special Needs Program, Denver CO
  providing Therapeutic Recreation services to area citizens with a wide variety of disabilities
• The Janet Pomeroy Center, San Francisco, CA
  providing Therapeutic Recreation services to area citizens with a wide variety of disabilities
• St. Joseph’s Villa, Rochester, NY
  serving adolescents with various behavioral issues in a residential environment
• National Ability Center, Park City, UT
  providing primarily outdoor-based recreational experiences to individuals with variety of disabilities