[HumanSer] HumanSer Digest, Vol 230, Issue 1

sara rooz sararooz at gmail.com
Tue Feb 6 21:34:15 UTC 2024


Is  it   possible for   a   blind person    to  learn  how to   learn how    to  adaminister  standareized    psychological  and educational   tests?   Thanks  in aadvance. 
Sara  Rooz  Retired Teacher   of  the   Blind  
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>   1. Re: Contemplating   New   Career (43210 at Bellsouth.net)
>   2. Re: Contemplating New Career (Serena Cucco)
>   3. Re: Contemplating   New   Career (sara rooz)
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> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 14:54:41 -0500
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> Subject: Re: [HumanSer] Contemplating   New   Career
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> Good Day.
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> My friend, David Sayer, is a retired medical social worker.  He worked for
> decades at a hospit not too far from his home in NYC.
> 
> All hospitals use electronic medical records, most can be accessed using a
> screen reader, but some are more tricky than others.  You might check which
> systems your local hospitals use, that is unless you wouldn't mind moving.
> 
> I have recently supervised some social workers and mental health counselors
> to work in hospitals to licensure, all of them were light dependent though.
> I worked in a hospital for nearly 20 years as well, but in a psychotherapy
> role.
> 
> The, usually, 2 years to earn a master's degree takes lots of effort.
> 
> Best of luck as you look into interesting career options.
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> 
> JD Townsend, LCSW
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> Subject: [HumanSer] Contemplating New Career
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> I'm a  retired teacher ofthe  bl  ,'M contemplating  a career  as  a
> medical   social  worker or testing  patients  cogniteavefunctioning.MY
> hesitancy   is  about   obtaining    internship in   a hospital   and
> subsequent employment. Any  advice   would be  appreciated.  Sara  Rooz
> Retired Tvi Knowled
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> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 15:30:08 -0500
> From: Serena Cucco <serena.c.cucco at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [HumanSer] Contemplating New Career
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> Hi there,
> 
> J.D. is right ... A Masters in Social Work is certainly a lot of work.
> I'll admit, I found doing an internship during the academic semester a bit
> challenging.  My university let me do part of my internship during the
> summer.  I also took an extra semester to finish my degree because of a
> difficulty unrelated to blindness.  All the hard work is certainly worth
> the effort, though.  After finishing, I found an AmeriCorps position for a
> county public defenders office.  I absolutely loved it!  I had to leave
> only because the two-year AmeriCorps commitment/grant ended.
> 
> Serena
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>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 2:56?PM JD Townsend via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
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>> Good Day.
>> 
>> My friend, David Sayer, is a retired medical social worker.  He worked for
>> decades at a hospit not too far from his home in NYC.
>> 
>> All hospitals use electronic medical records, most can be accessed using a
>> screen reader, but some are more tricky than others.  You might check which
>> systems your local hospitals use, that is unless you wouldn't mind moving.
>> 
>> I have recently supervised some social workers and mental health counselors
>> to work in hospitals to licensure, all of them were light dependent though.
>> I worked in a hospital for nearly 20 years as well, but in a psychotherapy
>> role.
>> 
>> The, usually, 2 years to earn a master's degree takes lots of effort.
>> 
>> Best of luck as you look into interesting career options.
>> 
>> 
>> JD Townsend, LCSW
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HumanSer <humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of sara rooz via
>> HumanSer
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:35 AM
>> To: humanser at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: sara rooz <sararooz at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [HumanSer] Contemplating New Career
>> 
>> I'm a  retired teacher ofthe  bl  ,'M contemplating  a career  as  a
>> medical   social  worker or testing  patients  cogniteavefunctioning.MY
>> hesitancy   is  about   obtaining    internship in   a hospital   and
>> subsequent employment. Any  advice   would be  appreciated.  Sara  Rooz
>> Retired Tvi Knowled
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 16:00:20 -0500
> From: sara rooz <sararooz at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [HumanSer] Contemplating   New   Career
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> Thank   you for  your   response.  Sara    Rooz
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Feb 5, 2024, at 2:54?PM, 43210 at bellsouth.net wrote:
>> 
>> ?Good Day.
>> 
>> My friend, David Sayer, is a retired medical social worker.  He worked for
>> decades at a hospit not too far from his home in NYC.
>> 
>> All hospitals use electronic medical records, most can be accessed using a
>> screen reader, but some are more tricky than others.  You might check which
>> systems your local hospitals use, that is unless you wouldn't mind moving.
>> 
>> I have recently supervised some social workers and mental health counselors
>> to work in hospitals to licensure, all of them were light dependent though.
>> I worked in a hospital for nearly 20 years as well, but in a psychotherapy
>> role.
>> 
>> The, usually, 2 years to earn a master's degree takes lots of effort.
>> 
>> Best of luck as you look into interesting career options.
>> 
>> 
>> JD Townsend, LCSW
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HumanSer <humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of sara rooz via
>> HumanSer
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:35 AM
>> To: humanser at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: sara rooz <sararooz at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [HumanSer] Contemplating New Career
>> 
>> I'm a  retired teacher ofthe  bl  ,'M contemplating  a career  as  a
>> medical   social  worker or testing  patients  cogniteavefunctioning.MY
>> hesitancy   is  about   obtaining    internship in   a hospital   and
>> subsequent employment. Any  advice   would be  appreciated.  Sara  Rooz
>> Retired Tvi Knowled
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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