Internship Placements Available for 2026-27: 1

Aspire Living & Learning is a private, non-profit human service and educational organization, with a multi-state footprint. In addition to the provision of adult services, Aspire has more than 20 years of experience providing a variety of public school-based and private school programming for children and adolescents with a variety of learning and behavioral needs. We take a whole-child approach when designing individual programs to ensure academic and social behavioral success in the school environment and beyond.

The Aspire Living & Learning Academy (ALL Academy) is a recognized and approved Private Special Education School with locations in Stamford, Stratford, and Naugatuck. The school serves students in kindergarten through 12th grade with a variety of disabilities, including autism, emotional disability, ADHD, and intellectual disabilities. ALL Academy's philosophy is steeped in trauma-informed Applied Behavior Analysis and uses a data-based decision-making model to design, analyze, implement, and evaluate all student programming to ensure student success.

Aspire’s Behavioral Health Clinic is located in Cheshire, Connecticut. We support children and young adults with mental health concerns. Some of the individuals supported also present with neurodevelopmental differences, including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. 

Internship activities include psychoeducational assessment and presentation of results, development, and implementation of evidenced-based interventions, at the individual, classroom, and system level, consultation and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams including families, and supporting staff members with the implementation of mental health supports (trauma-informed). Interns should have a strong background in data-based decision-making, behavioral analysis, and trauma-focused interventions.

The intern would have the opportunity to work in an evaluation clinic to learn more about psychological testing and interpretation, as well as the private outplacement setting in collaboration with a school psychologist who can support the intern in learning more about therapeutic intervention for individuals with neurodevelopmental differences and social emotional disabilities. The intern would also have the opportunity to participate in our school district partnership program to learn about providing services in school districts using a consultative model. We can work in collaboration with the intern to develop a schedule of activities adherent to desired training experiences. 

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