Internship - Research

Summary

Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center is offering a Research Internship Program for undergraduate and post-graduate students interested in autism spectrum disorder. Interns will gain experience similar to that of research assistants, including training in ethical research conduct and various research-related tasks.

Responsibilities

• Gain research experience and learning about autism spectrum disorder throughout the lifespan
• Training in ethical research conduct
• Data entry
• Data collection
• Observation of evidence-based and/or experimental behavioral interventions for ASD
• Literature reviews
• Various other administrative tasks that are critical to the research process

Skills

• Must have a high school diploma and be at least 18 years of age
• Current college student, current graduate student, or recent college graduate
• Strong verbal and written communication, time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds
• Must submit to a 10-year background check
• Internship is unpaid
• Experience with applied settings with individuals on the autism spectrum or other developmental disability

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Must have a high school diploma and be at least 18 years of age
• Current college student, current graduate student, or recent college graduate
• Strong verbal and written communication, time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds
• Must submit to a 10-year background check
• Internship is unpaid

Nice to Haves

• Experience with applied settings with individuals on the autism spectrum or other developmental disability

Benefits

• Exceptional research interns may have the opportunity to co-author manuscripts for publication in peer reviewed journals.
• Training in ethical research conduct.
• Opportunity to gain experience similar to that of research assistants in a university social science research lab (data entry, data collection, observation of evidence-based and/or experimental behavioral interventions for ASD, literature reviews, and administrative tasks).