Meet Our Interns

Ruby is a Master of Social Work student at Arizona State University with a professional background in
child and adolescent behavioral health. Her clinical experience spans outpatient, community-based,
inpatient, acute-care, and residential treatment settings, providing crisis intervention, behavioral
stabilization, and coordinated therapeutic services for youth with significant behavioral, emotional, and
developmental needs. Ruby is motivated by a strong commitment to improving the mental health and
well-being of children and adolescents, and she approaches her work with a passion for supporting
youth and families through evidence-based, compassionate practice.
Ruby’s behavioral health experience includes her work as a Clinical Intern at an outpatient and
community-based behavioral health center for children and adolescents, where she participated in the
provision of individual, family, and group therapy under licensed supervision. She has also served as a
Care Coordinator within an inpatient behavioral health program for children and adolescents, managing
a clinical caseload involving treatment planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, progress monitoring,
and communication with families and external providers. In addition to these roles, Ruby has worked as
a Behavioral Health Technician in an acute pediatric psychiatric unit, providing crisis intervention and
milieu support, as well as a community-based Behavioral Interventionist implementing Applied Behavior
Analysis interventions for children with developmental disabilities. Ruby also contributed to empirical
child development research through the Arizona Twin Project, supporting data collection examining
genetic and environmental influences on developmental outcomes.

Rittick is a Master of Social Work graduate student at Arizona State University with a strong clinical foundation supporting youth across multiple levels of care, including behavioral stabilization and placement preservation within therapeutic foster care, traditional foster care, group homes, residential treatment, and outpatient services. He has extensive experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and their families presenting with complex behavioral health needs, including acute crises, trauma exposure, child welfare involvement, victims of sex trafficking, emotion dysregulation, and significant behavioral challenges. Rittick has worked closely with licensed clinicians to support continuity of care and facilitate successful transitions across treatment settings.

In addition to his clinical work.

Rittick currently serves as a Program Supervisor within an outpatient behavioral health setting, where he oversees the crisis stabilization and placement preservation programs, provides supervision and training to direct-care staff, and supports program operations while maintaining a partial caseload. He also has experience supporting adults with serious mental illness, including schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders, through clinical training in an adult day program focused on assisting young adults with daily living skills, psychosocial rehabilitation, and therapeutic programming aimed at increasing independence and stability.

Rittick also brings a research-informed perspective to practice through his work on a CDC-funded study examining cultural influences and safety promotion among rural adolescents. He is passionate about trauma-informed, evidence-based care and systems-level collaboration, with professional interests in clinical leadership, program development, improving access to behavioral health services, and reducing stigma in men’s mental health.