[humanser] Practicum Interviews

[JD TOWNSEND]

Hello Jeannie:


The last blind person I interviewed for a student internship in our Child & 
Adolescent Psychiatric Center was the only one who I declined to supervise. 
He expected the agency to provide his readers, was interested in counseling 
because he wasn't making it in engineering, and had poor mobility skills. 
He had no special interest in the field, had no comprehension of the 
expectations of a work environment, and his blindness skills were lacking.


In interviewing for an internship you don't need to know a great deal, but 
do check out the agency on the internet to get afull idea of their scope and 
focus of service;  tell them of your interest in the value of the agency in 
your educational, professional  and personal growth; and, the more you don't 
focus on blindness issues, the less they will.  A simple explanation of how 
you plan to access materials and do your paperwork should be sufficient.  I 
like to say, "I really hate the paperwork, but I feel better when I'm up to 
date with it - and I try to do this all the time.

During my interview for my current position, not an internship, my new dog 
guide lay at my feet and licked one of my shoes through out the interview. 
I did not want to be correcting or focusing on him, but on the talents I 
would be bringing to the position.  I walked out with the job and a shoe so 
wet that it made squishing sounds.

Best of luck.  Let us know how the interviews go.



JD Townsend, LCSW
Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth, Sol System
Helping the light dependent to see.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JMassay" <jmassay1 at cox.net>
To: <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:36 PM
Subject: [humanser] Practicum Interviews


> Hello to all:
>
>
>
> I met many of you at the convention in Detroit at the Human Services
> Division meetings, when I wasn't involved with scholarship activities. I 
> am
> in the process of beginning the interviews for my first practicum site. 
> I'll
> begin practicum this Fall but we are required to begin the interviewing
> process after march 1st. I very much need your collective experience in
> preparing myself for interviews. I lost vision several years ago and have
> never had to deal with blindness in an interview setting. Any tips or
> pointers would be greatly appreciated. I am working on my masters in
> counseling Psychology and will graduate next Spring.
>
>
>
> Thank you ahead of time,
>
>
>
> Jeannie
>
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