May

May was hectic.  I was rushing to get everything done and have everything ready for the big day.  Presenting to Pang, a teacher that is intimidating.  I was do nervous and I couldn't seem to do a good job about presenting.

Senior Project Reflection

Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

Title: Senior Project Reflection
Label: Presentation
Directions: Please answer the following questions and turn it in to the blog.
Due Date: The day after your block presentation by 8:00 A.M.


(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why? I made time and Mr. Pang congratulated me for doing a good job.  Truth be told he terrifies me.


(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

(3) What worked for you in your senior project? I really liked the research I found.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time? I would take out the social work part of my project.  This made everything difficult because I had the idea of rewriting the social services system.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples. It help me be more sure about what I want in the future and how to ask for help when I need it.  The showed me that I needed to be more transparent and to trust my teachers in understanding some situations I had throughout the time.  

Blog 21: Mentorship

    Literal

    Bryn Morgan at Ettie Lee Youth and Family Service

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why? The most important thing I gained from this experience is the power of one's resources and that you really can't help everyone that comes your way. 

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain. This helped me see 

Exit Interview

  EQ: How can a social worker best help a child recover from an abusive situation? 

1. Ensure the child attends group therapy sessions
2. Remove the child from the abusive environment
3. Involve the child and their family in therapy, which includes occasional social worker visits.

My best answer is removing the child from the abusive environment since a child wouldn't feel truly safe in their own homes and won't be able to build healthy relationship with the people that harmed them.
The process that I went through to find these answers were extensive.  I went to old cases and talked to people who went through child abuse and saw how they've grown up and then I interviewed children in juvie who had a history of child abuse and understand how they ended up where they were.  My mentor helped me find these resources to get to them and she helped me find my second answer.
 My first mentor and I encountered a problem I was volunteering at the House of Ruth.  It was my first day and I was in charge of taking care of the children. A man came in and started to invade the home a d grabbed his wife from the hair and started to drag her from the home. I couldn't deal with that and I told my mentor and I apologized.  I ended up with no mentor for a couple of weeks. She understood I had problem with this sort of situation and assured me that it didn't happen in their private company.
 My significant sources were PDF File Hansen, Susan. "Kids Together Child and Adolescent Group Therapy Program: Evaluating a Therapeutic Change Process.", DIETER BRADBURY, Staff W. "DHS' ZEAL IN TAKING CHILDREN CRITICIZED A New Study Finds Maine is Sixth in the Nation in Removing Kids from Troubled Homes, Overloading its Foster-Care System.", and10 PDF File DePanfilis, Diane. Child Neglect: A Guide for Prevention, Assessment, and
Intervention

Blog 19: Independent Component 2

LITERAL 
 I, Debora Martinez , affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) Ledingham, Don. "Removing a Child from a Toxic Family is Never Easy."
INTERPRETIVE 
This component helped me understand that removing the child from the abusive environment is much more beneficial for the child 

APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.. 

April

April.... Panic attack.... I'm so behind and haven't been able to overcome the gap that grew from February.  I don't know what to do.  This is really bad.  I have to present the first week.  I present the first day in the first block...
Why did I do this? I'll beat myself up in private.

March Post

I've been playing catch up this month. I have done research that I didn't do, blogs that I haven't finished. I went to work where I don't get paid. I realized this is the hardest thing I could have done. I'm exhausted and a bit emotional from what at do in the Child and Family Services in Pomona. I also realized that if I continue to do this, I will burn out. I'm not passionate enough, not willing enough to give my sympathy in every case, to work every case like it should be