[humanser] Helpful masters degrees

Tue Jan 28 04:34:17 UTC 2014

Hi,

Around a year back I became acquainted with other things some OT people do. 
Where I work, Center for Human Development, has a program where OT's work 
with those children who have some kind of trouble with sensory integration, 
those with autism, using aroma therapy (a child may take a container of 
lavender to school to sniff when anxious).  When the program opened up, I 
went to its open house, and have gone back to lectures.  I had never heard 
about sensory integration till the open house I attended.  As a volunteer 
with some training, I am assigned to fill a parent's role for a child in 
foster care who is in special education.  Wednesday I'll hear the results of 
a sensory integration an OT did for one of my children.

In hospitals, there are people in pediatrics who have degrees as Child Life 
Specialists.  They work with kids to help them get through treatments, and 
also deal with families.  It's another program at the college I attended for 
social work.

Best,

Sandy
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From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 3:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [humanser] Helpful masters degrees

> Oh; okay.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley
> Bramlett
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:47 AM
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>
> occupational therapy; these professionals work on restoring fine motor
> skills where as physical theripists, pt, deals with major muscles like
> walking.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: justin williams
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:31 AM
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>
> What is O.T.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
> Shelton
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:13 AM
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>
> That's really interesting.  I think I have a very specific set of
> populations I want to work with, so I'm not exactly sure social work will 
> be
> for me.  I know I want to work with kids.  I think my dream job would be 
> to
> work in a pediatric hospital and possibly on a hematology and oncology 
> unit
> to be specific, but if that weren't able to be worked out I'd like to do
> some sort of the rehabilitative stuff with kids who have disabilities. 
> That
> is where my strenghths lie, and the age group I really feel connected to. 
> I
> also feel like I can empathize pretty well with kids in those situations
> because I have spent a lot of time around kids who have severe multiple
> disabilities, and I was in and out of the hospital quite a bit when I was
> really young.  That's why I'm leaning towards the OT; I could combine 
> music
> therapy and OT to help a cancer patient learn to walk with a prosthetic, 
> or
> increase the range of motion for a child who has Cerebral Palsy.  I may 
> also
> need to get a masters in MT too if the American Music Therapy Association
> goes to masters level entry for the field, but we'll see how it goes.
>
> On 1/27/14, Sandy <sandraburgess at msn.com> wrote:
>> At one time, Springfield College had a major called Community
>> Leadership and Development.  Scotty, a professor, took students to
>> Honduras and similar developing countries where they learn about the
>> situations and helped somewhat, I guess.  When my neighborhood began a
>> community council, one of the things we did was to attend a meeting to
>> speak against yet another bar moving in to the area.  I circulated
>> flyers to let residents know of the meeting.  At the meeting there
>> were some students in that major egging us on to speak out and tell
>> the Commission how we felt.  I am not sure what, if any, major has
>> replaced what was known as CLD, but Springfield College has always
>> been a
> college entrenched in human services education.
>>
>>
>> Sandy
>>
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>> From: "Ericka Short" <ericka.short at wi.rr.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 11:08 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [humanser] Helpful masters degrees
>>
>>> Hello all!
>>>
>>> I'm impressed with the foresight all of you younger folks have.  I
>>> was so sick of college I just wanted to get out of the classroom and
>>> into
> a job.
>>> At graduation I had a wedding coming up and that changes things
> sometimes.
>>>
>>> Had I foreseen that I wouldn't be raising children and some other
>>> medical issues I probably would have  gotten certified right out of
>>> college and gone on to graduate school.  Of course insight doesn't
>>> usually come at the
>>>
>>> right time.  I am so happy you are focused and know what kind of jobs
>>> you want.  I didn't have a particular direction calling to me.  All I
>>> knew is that I wanted to work with the elderly.  Now I have a better
>>> idea of what I like to do.
>>>
>>> Something Alyssa mentioned pushed me to post.  She's right about
>>> social work.  They focus more on the micro picture than on the bigger
>>> world picture and making a difference for populations.  Historically
>>> social workers were the ones to lobby for  improvements in safety,
>>> health care and living conditions.  Now they focus more on clients
>>> face to face, especially mental health.  We have a lack of
>>> psychiatrists and psychologists in the nation practicing so these
>>> mental health workers are filling in the  gaps I guess. I agree that
>>> advocacy is a very important skill for someone in any helping
>>> profession.  There are places that are starting to offer community
>>> organizing programs.  I was taught some advocacy skills from a faith
>>> based group I'm a part of, but if you can make this a part of your
> graduate training some how that is wonderful.
>>> NFB does a lot of advocacy but their style isn't always the best for
>>> certain situations.
>>>
>>> Best of luck as you enjoy your last few years of school Kait and I'm
>>> sure you'll know what's right for you when the time comes.  You  have
>>> some research to do, but everyone here has given out better advice
>>> than  any advisor in college ever gave me.  This list is a blessing!
>>> Ericka J. Short
>>> 262-697-0510
>>>
>>> "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". Philippians
>>> 4:13
>>>
>>> "No hand is too small or too big to do good in this world." EJ. Short
>>>
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