Oh college... Options

[jtmlb3k]

I just had a conversation online with a friend back home on the east coast who is just waking up for classes, when I have yet to go to sleep on the west coast because I am up writing a paper. Man I will not miss this after graduation.

Happy Friday, everybody!

[easternpiro1]

You guys are all insane.

Banoodles is more like it. anybody who does ME or EE is a maniac. lol I have dual batchelors in psychology and sociology, i do child and family counseling.

[manda]

Banoodles is more like it. anybody who does ME or EE is a maniac. lol I have dual batchelors in psychology and sociology, i do child and family counseling.

yay for psychology! I'm graduating with a BA in psych on Saturday, and starting a master's program (then Psy.D afterward) in counseling this fall. I'm not entirely sure which population I want to work with yet tho... But i have at minimum 2 years to figure that out...

[easternpiro1]

Banoodles is more like it. anybody who does ME or EE is a maniac. lol I have dual batchelors in psychology and sociology, i do child and family counseling.

yay for psychology! I'm graduating with a BA in psych on Saturday, and starting a master's program (then Psy.D afterward) in counseling this fall. I'm not entirely sure which population I want to work with yet tho... But i have at minimum 2 years to figure that out...

in the meantime get a parttime job in a group home, thats the BEST/EASIEST way to get your foot in the door and get some cheap experience points. (idk how they do things there, but in nc, you have to have a certain amount of time in the field before you reach certain status' its wide open, from what i understand, the MR/DD population is always going to have some sort of funding (people are more sensitive about this population) most people start out working with kids and families, but i hear working with adults is easier

[manda]

in the meantime get a parttime job in a group home, thats the BEST/EASIEST way to get your foot in the door and get some cheap experience points. (idk how they do things there, but in nc, you have to have a certain amount of time in the field before you reach certain status' its wide open, from what i understand, the MR/DD population is always going to have some sort of funding (people are more sensitive about this population) most people start out working with kids and families, but i hear working with adults is easier

I actually spent most of this year working in a group home... and I absolutely loved it and I'll be getting over 900 hrs of internship exp for my masters in addition to that

[easternpiro1]

in the meantime get a parttime job in a group home, thats the BEST/EASIEST way to get your foot in the door and get some cheap experience points. (idk how they do things there, but in nc, you have to have a certain amount of time in the field before you reach certain status' its wide open, from what i understand, the MR/DD population is always going to have some sort of funding (people are more sensitive about this population) most people start out working with kids and families, but i hear working with adults is easier

I actually spent most of this year working in a group home... and I absolutely loved it and I'll be getting over 900 hrs of internship exp for my masters in addition to that

NICE! ....wait... you LOVED IT?!? what sort of group home did u work at?! lol! j/k depending on the program and the way its run bymanagement, working at a residenital facility can be pretty fun! BUT if you have poor management and staff... OMG. those damn kids will definately capitalize.

[manda]

NICE! ....wait... you LOVED IT?!? what sort of group home did u work at?! lol! j/k depending on the program and the way its run bymanagement, working at a residenital facility can be pretty fun! BUT if you have poor management and staff... OMG. those damn kids will definately capitalize.

lol. Yes, I loved it. Granted, at times I felt like nothing more than a glorified babysitter- but you learn to deal. And we did have a sibling pair with significant personality disorders and had to remove them bc of safety issues for all the other kids... but aside from that....
I worked at a residential group home that works with child protective services... so the kids that got placed there were ones that had been removed from their families bc of drugs or abuse. While it seems morbid to say I loved it, it wasn't the fact that they got removed that I liked, it was the bond I was able to make with the kids and the difference you start seeing in them as they realize they're safe and cared for.

Watching psychological reactivity was especially interesting at times.. just watching how kids interacted after such traumatic situations and how they were able to rebound fully was absolutely amazing.

The most rewarding part for me was watching the family change to get the kids back, and the kids actually getting to go home to a safe, loving environment... But that was also the most heart wrenching part of the job... I got attached to a little 2 y/o girl I worked with for months... actually considered looking into fostering her if the parents rights did get terminated... luckily they got to go home to the grandma instead.

Staff I worked with was amazing. Everything was taken care of and the only issues we ever had was when the CPS case managers didnt stay on top of the case files... which happened a lot.... other than that I loved working there. Actually got offered a full time job working in the group home after graduation.. but I really want to get my doctorate, so I turned it down for now.