the Claim of Angelo v. New York State Association of Learning Disabled

—Yesawich Jr., J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 18, 1994, which ruled that claimant was entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant, a student at the College of St. Rose (hereinafter St. Rose) in the City of Albany, was required to complete several internships to achieve her degree in speech therapy. For her last such assignment, claimant was placed at the New York State Association of Learning Disabled’s Wildwood School, a facility that had agreed to provide internship opportunities for St. Rose students. In the course of her duties…