[humanser] Please Respond

Tue May 13 18:51:59 UTC 2014

Sandy I would appreciate if you would send me those documents you speak of 
please. You can e-mail them to sanchezq at prodigy.net.  Thanks

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From: "Sandy" <sandraburgess at msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:34 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Please Respond

> Renee,
>
> I, too, went to grad school in my fifties.  My internships needed to be 
> completed during grad school and the placements were not easy to find due 
> to prejudice.  While others were allowed to look for placements 
> themselves, while also having help from the field rep (who contacted 
> potential/placements) I was reprimanded for going to a spot I thought 
> would take me, and told to call the supervisor at that site, apologize, 
> say I couldn't go there.  I don't think the social work school's field 
> director did me any good as he attempted to tell potential placement folks 
> stuff about my blindness, etc.
>
> Yes, documentation needs to be done in a certain way and one needs to take 
> the insurers in to consideration.  I do a bit of work in mental health and 
> recently had an interim supervisor who provided us with documentation 
> regarding documentation, which he got from the American Psychological 
> Association.  He also gave me some feedback concerning my progress notes, 
> and his advice was helpful.  This week we got our new director who said, 
> "I come with a binder of evidence based treatment plans and they are 
> acceptable to insurance companies."
>
> If wanted, I'm happy to email any articles I have that deal with 
> documentation.
>
>
> Sandy, Licensed Certified Social Worker Massachusetts
>
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> From: "Quinto Sanchez" <sanchezq at prodigy.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:43 PM
> To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Please Respond
>
>> Rene: What JD says is very good information. It is difficult to find an 
>> internship site b/c you have to navigate through accessibility and many 
>> times prejudicial issues. That being said it takes a little longer to 
>> find a site than others without disabilities. However, you can find a 
>> site. I myself was a little creative in finding my site and volunteered 
>> at a non-profit agency that assisted persons with disabilities but, 
>> before my arrival they did not offer therapeutic counseling so it was my 
>> own program and I created my own intake and case notes. Although, since I 
>> created my notes for my own personal use and didn't consider that in real 
>> life you have to write your notes making the case of why the counseling 
>> services are necessary. If your notes aren't written correctly the 
>> insurance may decide that the services are not necessary. the result is 
>> that now I lack confidence and skills to complete the appropriate 
>> documentation for the medical insurance. I tell you this that you may 
>> make sure you pick a site where you are being supervised and instructed 
>> on how to write accurate documentation for insurance purposes.
>> From: "Renee Pavlus" <renee.pavlus at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 1:32 AM
>> To: <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [humanser] Please Respond
>>
>>> Hello Group:
>>> My name is Renee Pavlus. I have been a member of the NFB for more then
>>> twenty years.  I need some feed-back and assistance.I have recently
>>> completed my graduate courses accept for one at Argosy SLC. I must
>>> work under supervision for 1000 hours before graduating. Originally I
>>> was to graduate this month, but, because of the internship issues I
>>> must complete the 1000 hours, in addition taking the Practicum and two
>>> Internship courses which will relate to the clinical requirements set
>>> by Argosy to graduate to be able to sit for the first licensure
>>> testing. Of course, after graduating I must work for 4000 hours under
>>> CMHC standards to independently license.
>>> I could use some support at this point. The issues involve blindness,
>>> for I am totally blind; I am older, in my late fifties; and have
>>> several other minor disabilities to deal with which will not affect my
>>> ability to work.
>>> I need to connect with a clinitian who has supervised, or who has gone
>>> through supervision who is blind and is using blindness skills to
>>> complete clinical work and other things like paper work, case
>>> conceptualizations, reading files, etc. Learning is wonderful, but
>>> getting in the trenchs is so much more important at this time; along
>>> with connecting with a supportive supervisor. I must complete at least
>>> 500 hours direct work with clients, families, or group work within the
>>> supervised program; so I can't take any social service type of
>>> employment at this point and time unless it connects with clinical.  .
>>> If any one has experienced similar issues  or can give me some
>>> concrete answers please contact me by email, or call me (801) 3735028.
>>> I do appreciate any assistance available. I have not connected with
>>> supervision, or a payed position as of today, but am working hard to
>>> do the correct things to secure hours, (payed or non-payed). I did
>>> very well in graduate school; this being my second Masters program,
>>> the first one in the 1990s didn't prepare me to directly license, this
>>> program has been designed specifically to prepare me to take the
>>> license testing (CMHC) after graduating.
>>> Thanks so much. Any support would be so appreciated.
>>> Renee
>>>
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