[humanser] Practicum Interviews

[David R. Stayer]

I agree not every blind person is great.  We must keep in mind the goals of 
the agency and if any possible candidate for internship or regular
employment meets established criteria.
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From: "JD TOWNSEND" <43210 at Bellsouth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:54 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Practicum Interviews

>
> Hello Jeannie:
>
>
> The last blind person I interviewed for a student internship in our Child 
> & Adolescent Psychiatric Center was the only one who I declined to 
> supervise. He expected the agency to provide his readers, was interested 
> in counseling because he wasn't making it in engineering, and had poor 
> mobility skills. He had no special interest in the field, had no 
> comprehension of the expectations of a work environment, and his blindness 
> skills were lacking.
>
>
> In interviewing for an internship you don't need to know a great deal, but 
> do check out the agency on the internet to get afull idea of their scope 
> and focus of service;  tell them of your interest in the value of the 
> agency in your educational, professional  and personal growth; and, the 
> more you don't focus on blindness issues, the less they will.  A simple 
> explanation of how you plan to access materials and do your paperwork 
> should be sufficient.  I like to say, "I really hate the paperwork, but I 
> feel better when I'm up to date with it - and I try to do this all the 
> time.
>
> During my interview for my current position, not an internship, my new dog 
> guide lay at my feet and licked one of my shoes through out the interview. 
> I did not want to be correcting or focusing on him, but on the talents I 
> would be bringing to the position.  I walked out with the job and a shoe 
> so wet that it made squishing sounds.
>
> Best of luck.  Let us know how the interviews go.
>
>
>
> JD Townsend, LCSW
> Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth, Sol System
> Helping the light dependent to see.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "JMassay" <jmassay1 at cox.net>
> To: <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:36 PM
> Subject: [humanser] Practicum Interviews
>
>
>> Hello to all:
>>
>>
>>
>> I met many of you at the convention in Detroit at the Human Services
>> Division meetings, when I wasn't involved with scholarship activities. I 
>> am
>> in the process of beginning the interviews for my first practicum site. 
>> I'll
>> begin practicum this Fall but we are required to begin the interviewing
>> process after march 1st. I very much need your collective experience in
>> preparing myself for interviews. I lost vision several years ago and have
>> never had to deal with blindness in an interview setting. Any tips or
>> pointers would be greatly appreciated. I am working on my masters in
>> counseling Psychology and will graduate next Spring.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you ahead of time,
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeannie
>>
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