[HumanSer] Introduction: I'm new to the list

[evangeliastone at gmail.com]

Hi Sidney,

Welcome to the field! I'm glad to hear that you are already thinking about the areas you want to explore for your career, connecting with blind people in the field is among the best things you can do for your own success.
I graduated with my MSW 9 years ago and am an LSW in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Social work is a very versatile degree and it has allowed me to do everything from working with survivors of interpersonal violence to individual therapy with children and adolescents to being a VR counselor. My focus in graduate school was on violence against women and children and while that is a passion of mine it was not a field I could afford to stay in due to the low pay. I'm glad you're exploring different populations and different settings you might want to focus on at this stage, I was vehemently opposed to working with kids in grad school and at this point I have spent the majority of my post graduate career working with adolescents, being open to different possibilities for what you want to do with this degree is an excellent gift to give yourself.

Lia Stone, LSW
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Subject: [HumanSer] Introduction: I'm new to the list

Hello,
My name is Sidney. I'm a 20-year-old college student living in Illinois.
I've been a part of the NFB for a little bit now; I'm in the Nabs division, and am a part of the NFB of Illinois.
I'm currently attending college, majoring in social work. I'm a Sophomore in college, and am still finishing out my gen eds classes. This semester should hopefully be my last semester of gen eds. I'm currently taking 5 classes this semester, and one of them is intro to social work.
I'd love to hear from any of you who are either later on in the career, or later on in your major, getting closer to going out in the workforce.
I know social work is a very broad field, so in particular, I'm thinking of working with youth and young adults either doing counseling services, or providing services, like outreach to others.
Can you also be a VR counselor with a social work degree? I have thought of that as well.
Kindest regards and I'm excited to hear from you all on here,


Sidney
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