Overview
The Human Services Management program is a community-based special education program designed to prepare middle to upperlevel managers for community-based agencies and organizations serving children and adults with disabilities. Course work for the program is a mix of special education, psychology and management classes. Students also have the option of adding special education teaching certification to their graduate degree. However, this will require extra course work and student teaching.
Graduate students in the Human Services Management program must participate in a full-time, two-year, live-in internship with Target Community and Educational Services, Inc. (Target). The Target program provides residential, vocational, recreational and family support services to children and adults with disabilities in Carroll and Montgomery Counties in Maryland. The Target internship consists of serving as a Community Living Manager (CLM) for one of Target’s residential sites. Students in the program receive six academic credits for the successful completion of their internship. Individuals who currently work full-time for other agencies serving the disabled in Maryland may be allowed to participate in this academic program if approved by the program’s coordinator.
Students who participate in the Target internship are provided with a 75% tuition scholarship, an average annual graduate stipend of $17,000, free room and board, a generous health and dental care package, and a variety of other benefits.
Candidates for this program must be accepted as a graduate student by McDaniel College and as a graduate intern by Target, Inc. Dismissal from either the Human Services Management graduate program or the Target, Inc., internship will be grounds for an automatic dismissal from the other (the graduate program or the internship). Interested students should contact Target, Inc., as their first step in entering this academic program. The contact number for Target, Inc. is 410-848-9090.
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