[humanser] Question about Professional Internship Accomodations

[Sandy]

Kaiti,

In my internships, the sites I worked at provided me with a computer and my 
state agency for the blind installed JAWS.  The state agency did not pay 
anything for my grad coursework, but their IT person was able to go to the 
site even though it was over the MA state line and in Connecticut.  He said 
because he was contracted with the state agency, he could work with me out 
of state.  The college's disability office (or whatever it's called) was not 
helpful, though they did pay a lot for my transportation to and from the 
site as there was no public transit.


-Sandy

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From: "Mary Ann Robinson via humanser" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 8:07 PM
To: "Kaiti Shelton" <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>; "Human Services Division 
Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Question about Professional Internship Accomodations

> Kaiti,
>
> Rules are made for a reason.  I would hope that an internship supervisor 
> would want to abide by them especially if they have or would like to have 
> a good working relationship with the university..
>
> Mary Ann Robinson
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> From: "Kaiti Shelton via humanser" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
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> 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.
>>
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