MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Jamila Watson of Seattle was selected for an internship at Youth Villages, a private nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children and families live successfully.
Youth Villages provides a wide variety of programs to help children who may have suffered abuse or neglect, or who may have emotional and behavioral issues. Watson is interning at Youth Villages’ Dogwood Campus just outside of Memphis, Tennessee, helping children in residential treatment learn more positive behavior patterns and deal with past trauma.
Watson, a graduate of Garfield High School, is a senior at Spelman College. She is majoring in psychology with a concentration in mental health, and has plans to become a mental health therapist.
Youth Villages’ focus on strengthening families consistently produces an 80 percent success rate of children living successfully at home or in a home-like setting two years after completing a Youth Villages program. Youth Villages was recently identified by The White House as one of the nation’s most promising results-oriented nonprofit organizations.
For more information about Youth Villages, visit www.youthvillages.org.
