[humanser] Internships?

[Janice Toothman]

Hi Christina,

First, let me tell you that I am Deaf-Blind.  My counseling program had 
agencies that would take students from our University.  Our professors 
informed us that we had to rank order our choices from 1st to 3rd.  I 
had chosen my  three choices and submitted my requests in along with my 
peers.  Unfortunately, I did not know that my professors had informed 
the agencies that I am Deaf-Blind.  None of the agencies wanted me to 
come and do my internship at their site.

She spoke to the director of Disability Support Services to see if she 
had any recommendations for places.  The DSS Director did in fact 
recommend the Arc Baltimore as an internship site.  My professor 
contacted the Arc Baltimore and they were exstatic to have me.  I did 
not warm up to the idea until I meet with my supervisor and found that 
her attitudes towards disability and counseling were similar to mine.

I felt that God had a hand the selection of my internship site.  If I 
did not go and work at the Arc Baltimore, the Staff members would not 
have seen the need for a permanent counselor at that facility, because 
it the members their were considered lower functioning than at another 
site that had psychologists full-time.
I found it not only very rewarding but challenging as well.
Since I was not used to adults, whose vocabulary was at the elementary 
grade school level.  However, this sparked my creativity as a therapist 
to help them explore their emotions with whatever verbal skills they posses.

Have a Blessed Day
Janice

On 9/5/2015 8:17 AM, Christina Moore via humanser wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope you are all doing well on this lovely Saturday morning. :)
> I am unsure if I introduced myself here so here goes before I get into the main topic of this post.
> My name is Christina and I am a senior at a small christian liberal arts college in NY. I am majoring in Psychology with a track in pre-therapy, I have a minor in communications completed and am looking to add a minor in Data Science so long as the courses I have taken that would fulfill that requirement would be able to even though they were for my major/general credit. Some of you may have met me at NFB during the Human Services devision meeting (which was quite a wonderful experience).
>
> Now, to the main topic of this post:
> Since I am a senior, part of my graduation requirements are to do an internship either during the semester or during a summer for credit. I am wondering if anyone here could share there experiences with me about how they found internships, contacted the organizations, responses to having a visual disability and any other information you may find useful/are willing to share would be great.
> I am looking into an opportunity currently that would be in a girl’s home so if anyone has experience with that sort of environment that would be great. The staff at the organization have received my application (allowing me to submit it electronically instead of the standard snail mail), letters from my references, interviewed me (a short interview asking me why I am interested in the position Etc.) and I am planning to schedule for the more comprehensive interview next week. If I make it past the comprehensive interview, I will then visit their location and see what the home is like, interact with residents and staff and a final decision will be made after a couple of days.
> I am sorry for the length of this post but I wanted to give as much explanation as possible so that all of you could better understand my question.
> Thanks for reading and responding.
> Christina
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