Children’s Advocacy Centers of the East Texas Region
Children’s Advocacy Center of Anderson and Cherokee Counties (Jacksonville)
Children’s Advocacy Center for Kaufman County (Kaufman)
Children’s Advocacy Center of Paris
Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County (Tyler)
Children’s Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County, Inc. (Canton)
Harold’s House (Lufkin)
Hunt County Children’s Advocacy Center (Greenville)
Maggie’s House (Athens)
Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center (Winnsboro)
Rusk-Panola Children’s Advocacy Center (Henderson)
Shelby County Children’s Advocacy Center (Center, TX)
Texarkana Children’s Advocacy Center
The Martin House Children’s Advocacy Center (Longview)
Practicum Partners
Child Abuse Practicum – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
The East Texas Trauma and Abuse Services for Kids (TASK)
program is delivering training to multiple disciplines by working collaboratively with the 13 Child Advocacy Centers in the region. Counseling, social work, nursing, and psychology practicum placements are available where students will learn and conduct evidence-based assessment and treatment with abused children. Supervision will be provided by licensed and experienced clinicians of the corresponding discipline.
Opportunities exist for developing program evaluation projects and using telehealth. We will work with you to discuss your training needs and then look to one of the 13 CACs to determine if there is an interest in taking a student. If one of the CACs wants to move forward, we will begin the interview process and then proceed to a second interview conducted by the CAC. You can anticipate that you will need to pass a criminal background check as well as a CPS background check to rule out a substantiated report or investigation of abuse of a child by an applicant.
If you are interested or know of someone who might be interested, please pass along this information. Based on your discipline, you can call one of the following staff / faculty members:
Psychology: Stephanie J. Simmons, PsyD
Email:
Phone: 903-877-7679
Mental Health Counseling: Amber Quaranta-Leech, MA, LPC-S
Email:
Phone: 903-877-8822
Nursing: Meghan Richardson, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CA-SANE, CP-SANE
Email:
Phone: 903-877-7315
Universities Currently Participating in Practicum
The University of Texas at Tyler
Psychology and Counseling
Lamar University
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Texas A & M University—Commerce
Psychology
Education Partners
Tyler Junior College