[humanser] Question about Professional Internship Accomodations

[Ashley Bramlett]

Kaiti,
I think it all depends on whether you get a cooperative intern site.
Can you pick the site? If so, you can sort of shop around to see who seems 
open minded.

I think you will have to work out any accomodations with your supervisor on 
site. I really do not think the school can do much; sure you can give a 
letter from them if you want or even have a meeting between you, your 
supervisor and the dss office staff.
But, no they are not  faculty, and therefore I cannot see them being bound 
to honor any instructions from school.

True they will have no experience with this; so you have to educate them. 
What was the issue with documents now?
I don't know how you have to write
your documentation, but if its paper based, use a reader. if pc based, I 
suspect its not accessible; probably some inaccessible form or a pdf file 
you cannot read or software you cannot use.
Maybe you can have someone read the form to you and you can make a note of 
what you need to write down. Then write it on a notetaker as you work with 
the client.
Another thought is perhaps have the agency make you an accessible file 
through Word or excell; some database info  can
be exported to excell, btw.
If it’s a problem of knowing what to write due to lack of information about 
nonverbal signs,
my best advice is to ask your clients how they are feeling. If you can work 
one to one, you can probably hear subtle movements indicating moods. When 
people are upset or angry, they're probably going to fidgit or show it in 
how they talk.

If I go to grad school for social work or some human service thing, I also 
fear these issues coupled with transportation. its not you just getting to 
work wich I can likely work out through paratransit or other means, but also 
having to drive clients or drive to their homes. Buses and paratransit do 
not go everyplace I need, so  public transit really is not a full proof 
method.

I hope things work out!

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Kaiti Shelton via humanser
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 9:17 PM
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Subject: [humanser] Question about Professional Internship Accomodations

Hi all,

I thought about this as a potential issue I may face this morning.
Before I can take the exam to become a Board-Certified Music Therapist
I will need to complete a 1040 hour professional internship at one of
the country's pre-approved music therapy internship sites (through the
American Music Therapy Association).  I have had some issues with
accomodations in professional courses which require me to lead
sessions, write clinical documentation in a specific way, etc.  I am
worried that even if I fix these issues with the professors I have now
and complete my undergrad without further complications that I may
experience similar difficulties in an internship.  However, I do know
that the internship is set up as a class all music therapy majors have
to register for with the university, and even though we can walk at
graduation with our peers diplomas are not distributed to music
therapy students until they complete their internship requirements.
Because I would have to register for the class in order to take an
internship, and would in theory remain a student, as well as a
registered disability services student after graduation, I think that
I could have an accommodation letter prepared by my university's DS
office.  My question is, would an internship supervisor, who most
likely will not have experience dealing with this sort of thing and
will not be a member of my university faculty, be required to abide by
the rules of my university and their accomodations letter since they
are not technically faculty?  I know this could potentially be a gray
area, so I'd love to hear thoughts or suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

_______________________________________________
humanser mailing list
humanser at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/humanser_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
humanser:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/humanser_nfbnet.org/bookwormahb%40earthlink.net