I thought our postal system was backed up
Jo has some competition here
And finally, double up that Poligrip and strap on your Depends, we've got something to look forward to in our old age
TigerNap
16 years ago
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Another mighty fine week is nearly over...
Half of that title is a lie, I'll let you figure out which half.
Today was my last day working at the day treatment school. I will miss assessing the kids. It was also cold today. I wish it would snow more because it is at least warmer with the snow. I have great sympathy for these kids even though I shouldn't condone their behavior!
And finally as a parting thought. I was always told rock music was harmful, but nobody warned me about reggaeton.
Today was my last day working at the day treatment school. I will miss assessing the kids. It was also cold today. I wish it would snow more because it is at least warmer with the snow. I have great sympathy for these kids even though I shouldn't condone their behavior!
And finally as a parting thought. I was always told rock music was harmful, but nobody warned me about reggaeton.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Catching up...
So I have been getting harassing phone calls and emails. Mostly about my severe lack of posting. So in an effort to catch everyone up, I’ll start with
September
I began my internship and spent most of the month visiting various rotations and learning the kagillion possible options for learning experiences. The last week of the month I learned that due to logistical limitations, most of the rotations wouldn’t be available to me. Got it figured out somehow and settled on the following rotations:
Doing psychological assessments and admission screenings on an inpatient adult unit. I’ve learned that my site has quite a museum collection of testing instruments, but few that have any contemporary meaning. I’m also learning the skill of assessing and collecting data from recent admits to inpatient. It’s always a treat to ask someone what led to their admission and find out the Jesus was spying through the Syracuse telephone lines.
Adult outpatient. Two days a week I see clients for therapy or intakes. After four years of being taught to value the client and take the time to get to know them before diagnosing them, I’m learning to eye them up and down and assign them a code and send them on their way. Ok, not really, but with only a half an hour to determine what’s going on with them, it sure feels that way. The therapy sessions are a little better although I haven’t done much therapy with the severe and persistently mentally ill before.
Children’s day treatment school. Here I get to assess kids to determine their emotional, intellectual, and cognitive functioning. I’ve never worked with kids before and it’s so much fun. I’ve always had a special place for the children who are extremely oppositional. At the same time, still don’t want to deal with parents so no matter what skills I have in this area, not going to practice them much.
Administrative rotation. This is the super cool one. I’m helping with the redevelopment of the psychological autopsy procedure at my site. I’d never heard of this before, but I find it a fascinating task. The downside is I keep having the disturbing feeling of slight excitement when someone suicides. I’ll have to come to terms with that somehow.
A nice thing is that I get along well with the other interns and we’ve helped each other survive so far this year.
October
I honestly don’t really remember October that much. Good or bad, I have no idea
November
Fall Pix
November 2 I totaled Blondie. I still don’t know what happened exactly but there may have been black ice on the bridge. It involved me spinning around and around. The downside is that I lost my beloved first car, but the upside is I have a new to me car named Mable that starts every time, stays running while I’m driving down the highway, came with studded snow tires as well as new all weather tires and I also learned to empathize with people who have fears as I still have a very hard time going over the bridge where the accident happened. The bad news is that Blondie will no longer chase coyotes through meadows.
For my 30th birthday, Cassie threw me a birthday party which was great fun. She also gave me a cheery red crock pot that I’ve been using all winter to make soups. So much fun!
December
Winter Pix
I promised my dissertation advisor I’d have a rough draft to her by the beginning of the year (oops.) I had made up my mind that travel was too expensive to go home for Christmas when a coworker of my mother’s gave me airline miles to come home and booked me a ticket from Buffalo. I had to get over my fear of driving on highways and drive the two and a half hours there. I came back for new years and spent the evening with friends alternately playing games and panicking over the violence in Kenya.
January
Well, I feel as if January just started, but it is more than half over. I received a nice email from the school telling me I didn’t have enough credits to graduate. I’m still trying to figure out that royal screw-up.
To sum things up, I found a very important article on some research done in Great Britian Don't Bring in the Clowns
And a very cute picture
September
I began my internship and spent most of the month visiting various rotations and learning the kagillion possible options for learning experiences. The last week of the month I learned that due to logistical limitations, most of the rotations wouldn’t be available to me. Got it figured out somehow and settled on the following rotations:
Doing psychological assessments and admission screenings on an inpatient adult unit. I’ve learned that my site has quite a museum collection of testing instruments, but few that have any contemporary meaning. I’m also learning the skill of assessing and collecting data from recent admits to inpatient. It’s always a treat to ask someone what led to their admission and find out the Jesus was spying through the Syracuse telephone lines.
Adult outpatient. Two days a week I see clients for therapy or intakes. After four years of being taught to value the client and take the time to get to know them before diagnosing them, I’m learning to eye them up and down and assign them a code and send them on their way. Ok, not really, but with only a half an hour to determine what’s going on with them, it sure feels that way. The therapy sessions are a little better although I haven’t done much therapy with the severe and persistently mentally ill before.
Children’s day treatment school. Here I get to assess kids to determine their emotional, intellectual, and cognitive functioning. I’ve never worked with kids before and it’s so much fun. I’ve always had a special place for the children who are extremely oppositional. At the same time, still don’t want to deal with parents so no matter what skills I have in this area, not going to practice them much.
Administrative rotation. This is the super cool one. I’m helping with the redevelopment of the psychological autopsy procedure at my site. I’d never heard of this before, but I find it a fascinating task. The downside is I keep having the disturbing feeling of slight excitement when someone suicides. I’ll have to come to terms with that somehow.
A nice thing is that I get along well with the other interns and we’ve helped each other survive so far this year.
October
I honestly don’t really remember October that much. Good or bad, I have no idea
November
Fall Pix
November 2 I totaled Blondie. I still don’t know what happened exactly but there may have been black ice on the bridge. It involved me spinning around and around. The downside is that I lost my beloved first car, but the upside is I have a new to me car named Mable that starts every time, stays running while I’m driving down the highway, came with studded snow tires as well as new all weather tires and I also learned to empathize with people who have fears as I still have a very hard time going over the bridge where the accident happened. The bad news is that Blondie will no longer chase coyotes through meadows.
For my 30th birthday, Cassie threw me a birthday party which was great fun. She also gave me a cheery red crock pot that I’ve been using all winter to make soups. So much fun!
December
Winter Pix
I promised my dissertation advisor I’d have a rough draft to her by the beginning of the year (oops.) I had made up my mind that travel was too expensive to go home for Christmas when a coworker of my mother’s gave me airline miles to come home and booked me a ticket from Buffalo. I had to get over my fear of driving on highways and drive the two and a half hours there. I came back for new years and spent the evening with friends alternately playing games and panicking over the violence in Kenya.
January
Well, I feel as if January just started, but it is more than half over. I received a nice email from the school telling me I didn’t have enough credits to graduate. I’m still trying to figure out that royal screw-up.
To sum things up, I found a very important article on some research done in Great Britian Don't Bring in the Clowns
And a very cute picture
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