one week to go

As the semester winds down, there is not much new going on within my role in the agency. I am still leading groups, assisting the youth in the educational piece of the day program and visiting the adolescent I have been assigned for my case managment.

Monday I led group with the boys. We discussed ways in which they can better prepare themselves to become productive young adults

Tues. we continued the conversation and discussed Jay-Z, a promanent rapper who has worked hard and made it big in the industry.

Wed. I visited my student in his school. I then went to the agency and since I was to late to work with the kids in group, assisted one of the other interns in the computer lab.

Practice/micro: How have you experienced successful endings? What do you already do now to help your clients experience successful endings?

As we end this semester, I have been talking with the kids in the day program about how I will be leaving in a couple of days. Not surprisingly, the girls are a little more sensitive to the ending of the semester. They ask me questions about what I am going to do this summer, how I have liked my time at the agency, things like that. I have also provided them feedback that I have learned a lot from them and the conversations we have had. I have told them as well that the time spent over the last 15 weeks has been beneficial in my development as a person, and I appreciate their willingness to let me in and discuss issues they face on a regular basis.

Time:
Week: 16
Total: 229.5

Just another week

As the semester continues to roll on, the bulk of my work has been in the Day Program there at T.A.S. Last week did not produce much in the way of new activities.

Monday I was at the agency working with the kids in the day program. I co-led group with both the boys and the girls. As we continue to dialog with the kids in group time, I am continually amazed with the lack of respect they have for themselves. I am begining to wonder if the lack of respect comes from being desensitized within not only the community they live in, but also society as a whole. It seems as if the discussions about violence and shootings does not seems to bother them. They see people shot in their neighborhoods and see shooting on t.v., movies, and video games, and I wondering if they have continued to see this behavior as acceptable.

Tuesday I stopped in to see the kid that I have been working with within my case management. I did a questionnaire with him which helps to better understand what kind of treatment plan will work for him. This is a child who has been in services with one of the Therapist, so it was a good tool to reevaluate where he is at, what what may help him continue to improve his behavior.

Wed. i was at the agency again. I led goup discussion with only the boys. It did not go so well. They were more interested in talking about what was going on in the neighborhood than the topic at hand for the group. It is kind of hard for the kids to focus on because they are in group 4 days a week. After time, i think they just decide they don't need to discuss things that indepth any more.