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Come join the SVAS team! Sun Valley Adaptive Sports offers year-round internship opportunities. We hope you’ll provide your time, talent, and influence to help us continue our efforts.
 
Sun Valley Adaptive Sports, (SVAS) uses sports and recreation as a means of therapeutic rehabilitation and healing to enrich the lives of people with disabilities. If you are interested in full-time or part-time internships with SVAS you will have various opportunities working with children, teens, and adults with physical and developmental disabilities. SVAS also provides therapeutic programming for service members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We are looking for interns with experience in some, but not all of the following: skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, snowshoeing, Nordic skiing, rafting, cycling, hiking, fishing, camping, kayaking, canoeing, swimming, waterskiing, wake boarding, and rock climbing. If you are a highly organized, motivated person who has exceptional communication and computer skills; easily handles challenges; and enjoys working in a team environment, we need you!

There are plenty of opportunities to use your gifts, skills, and talents to help others.  Best of all, you will have fun, make great friends, explore the great outdoors, and enjoy a life-changing experience. We follow the ATRA standards of practice and NCTRC internship guidelines for those who wish to fulfill their Therapeutic Recreation internship requirements here. Seasonal Internship description below:
 
SUMMER: May-August
PACK  Peak Adventure Camp for Kids (summer day camp), Special Olympics swim team
Your Job: You will help coordinate and implement therapeutic activities throughout the summer PACK program. Interns develop goals and objectives for campers to work on throughout the summer. Interns help train and implement the Special Olympics swimming program (May-July).
Availability: 2 slots

FALL: July-October
Higher Ground wounded service member adventure camps-Water sports, River Adventure, Fly-fishing events and assisting in the local summer camp and Special Olympics programs
Your Job: You will help wounded veterans with visual impairments (VI), traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from all branches of the U.S. military.  You will be part of a therapeutic team helping to build self-confidence, improve relationships, and assist in the reintegration process, while working to fulfill the veterans' dreams and aspirations through sports and recreation.
To qualify: Currently enrolled in Therapeutic Recreation or Recreation Management
Availability: 1 slot
 
WINTER: January-April
Fresh Tracks adaptive snow sports program, Special Olympic Alpine and Nordic ski team, and Idaho Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Your Job: You will assist participants of varying age and abilities, helping them to enjoy winter sports. This may include instructing lessons, providing assistance during lessons, setting up lessons, interviewing new participants, and helping train volunteers that are new to the program.
To qualify: Intermediate skier or snowboarder
Availability: 1-2 slots
 
HG: January-April
Higher Ground wounded service member adventure camps-Snow sports and assisting in the local winter snow sports and Special Olympics programs.
Your Job: You will help wounded veterans with visual impairments (VI), traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from all branches of the U.S. military.  You will be part of a therapeutic team helping to build self-confidence, improve relationships, and assist in the reintegration process, while working to fulfill the veterans' dreams and aspirations through sports and recreation.
To qualify: Currently enrolled in Therapeutic Recreation. Intermediate skier or snowboarder
Availability: 1 slot

To apply to these internships please contact Carrie (carrie@svasp.org)