The past month has been filled with workshops and evenings of work. Yesterday, I took over a social skills group of elementary and middle school age students. The two interns that had been leading it were kinda thrown into it and the school in some ways was setting them up to fail. The one intern is traveling for two weeks for training and I am filling in for her, although I will finish the group in order to minimize changes. There were only 3 yesterday (the others having been suspended) and the quietest of the learners as well. These are the children the the teachers have said are naughty and we are going to teach them manners (so you can see their anger at attending this group and reluctance to participate). With those issues in mind, I think it was a good group. We talked about feelings and were one feels them in their body and then we tore up newspapers and spread them all over the room (well one student and I). One learner that didn't respond at all, did for a moment push his chair away and tear up a sheet of paper...I felt like that was a success!
Last night was the last parent workshop and I was doing it by myself. I haven't conducted anything by myself yet. The first week there were 15 parents, then 5 or so, last week 4 and last night 7. We reviewed the previous sessions and talked about helping children understand their feelings and appropriate expressions of feelings. One couple said they had seen a huge difference the one week they had attended. This past week, the dad has stopped yelling and swearing, the daughter brought friends over for the first time and the son wanted to come with his parents last night. I was on such a high last night. And then I rushed from there to the International Trade Fair with some friends. The theme is Indian.
The big thing about yesterday was that it was a good confidence builder as I finally get into some individual therapy (feeling rushed to be able to get it done before my internship ends, but had to wait for a clinical supervisor and then for my car). It has been a while since I have provided therapy, but yesterday showed me that I do still have the skills and training to know what to do. :)
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Yeah for Tory!
OF course you've still got it, girl! You never lost it! I'm so glad you had a build-up, I'm effective day!
It's so funny to see you guys in winterish clothing when we're over here dripping through the 90's, and not from rain! :)srkl
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