Week 6 WHS

For my interviewing a working professional, I believe I'm going to interview one of my counselors at Wausau Health Services. I'm not sure where I want to do my second internship and so far I really enjoy working at Wausau Health Services. I know I want to do my second internship in an ATODA working facility. I've also been working on updating my resume now that I've been working here for a few weeks. Hopefully having some experience will benefit me in the working profession. I've noticed since I've been attending NTC and have some field experience I feel more confident that I will do a great job in this field. I'm really excited to finish up my schooling and start searching for a career.

Week 5 WHS

So far I've been preparing for my portfolio project, but have not yet started it. I've been gathering material that is needed to add to it, but tend to keep changing things as the weeks go on. I have a pretty good understanding of what is expected of me for this project, but I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I want to make sure my work is perfect! I think this is a great tool to use once I graduate and I believe it should be very well organized and professional.
I believe both my general education classes and my human service classes have both been integrated into my field placement. The most important factor I believe would be communication skills. I need to communicate with my supervisor, my counselors, and my teacher to make sure everything runs smoothly. I've also notice how much my Methods of Social Case Work class has paid off for my internship. I know how to organize case files and understand them completely. I learn something new everyday and so far I'm truly enjoying my internship and I can't wait to step out and actually work in the Human Service Field.

Discussion Board

I believe I have been participating well in the discussion board so far this semester. I always make sure to have my initial post done before Wednesday. I then check back later in the week to update my post and share what I have learned so far in the week. I then respond to two of my classmates and respond to posts that were addressed to myself. One area I have seen myself lacking in would be addressing other classmates with different approaches. I saw my points going down a little so I made sure to pay special attention to that this week. The response techniques to others I use would be relating to their topic and also asking questions about what they were discussing.