[humanser] Question about Professional Internship Accomodations

[Mary Ann Robinson]

Kaiti,

Rules are made for a reason.  I would hope that an internship supervisor 
would want to abide by them especially if they have or would like to have a 
good working relationship with the university..

Mary Ann Robinson
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From: "Kaiti Shelton via humanser" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 9:17 PM
Subject: [humanser] Question about Professional Internship Accomodations


> Hi all,
>
> I thought about this as a potential issue I may face this morning.
> Before I can take the exam to become a Board-Certified Music Therapist
> I will need to complete a 1040 hour professional internship at one of
> the country's pre-approved music therapy internship sites (through the
> American Music Therapy Association).  I have had some issues with
> accomodations in professional courses which require me to lead
> sessions, write clinical documentation in a specific way, etc.  I am
> worried that even if I fix these issues with the professors I have now
> and complete my undergrad without further complications that I may
> experience similar difficulties in an internship.  However, I do know
> that the internship is set up as a class all music therapy majors have
> to register for with the university, and even though we can walk at
> graduation with our peers diplomas are not distributed to music
> therapy students until they complete their internship requirements.
> Because I would have to register for the class in order to take an
> internship, and would in theory remain a student, as well as a
> registered disability services student after graduation, I think that
> I could have an accommodation letter prepared by my university's DS
> office.  My question is, would an internship supervisor, who most
> likely will not have experience dealing with this sort of thing and
> will not be a member of my university faculty, be required to abide by
> the rules of my university and their accomodations letter since they
> are not technically faculty?  I know this could potentially be a gray
> area, so I'd love to hear thoughts or suggestions.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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