Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Monday, February 27, 2012
Welcome To My Journey
My first blog ever. I begin as an undergraduate in the Spring of 2007. I was very excited about the idea of eventually becoming a Neurological Research Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist. Four years later as I finished my undergraduate degree my sentiments started to change, but I was still up in the air. I began working to take a break from school and decide what I wanted to pursue. I immediately got a job working as a psychosocial rehabilitation specialist for a mental health agency. I help children that have been labeled severely emotionally disturbed or have a mental illness; develop coping strategies, social skills, and other life skills. I offer support to their families and/or parents by helping them to learn their own set of coping techniques as well. I applied at Walden University to enter into the M.S. program specializing in Social Psychology with a tentative start date of March 2012.
When I began my undergraduate degree my third child was just 6 months old. Now, I have FIVE children, the youngest just 8 months old. Throughout the years I have volunteered with my children's schools, activities, religious education classes, Mothers of Preschoolers. I feel most comfortable when I am with my children, and working with young children. I have found that mental health work is exhausting emotionally. It is rewarding yet challenging work. A light switched on for me one evening as I was discussing what my future goals are with my brother-in-law. Now is the time to do what I eventually want to be doing. I would hate to follow a goal I set for myself so long ago that I don't find joy or fulfillment in. Ultimately, I would like to be a director of a program called Child Development Services. It is a program designed to screen young children age birth -5 for speech delays, emotional disturbances, hearing impairments, cognitive impairments, and social delays. Screening is free for all children and those that have delays or impairments may qualify for services from CDS. Preventative methods are the key to the program to give children the best possible start in life. I quickly switched gears with the assistance of the wonderful advising staff at Walden, and now here I am!!
When I began my undergraduate degree my third child was just 6 months old. Now, I have FIVE children, the youngest just 8 months old. Throughout the years I have volunteered with my children's schools, activities, religious education classes, Mothers of Preschoolers. I feel most comfortable when I am with my children, and working with young children. I have found that mental health work is exhausting emotionally. It is rewarding yet challenging work. A light switched on for me one evening as I was discussing what my future goals are with my brother-in-law. Now is the time to do what I eventually want to be doing. I would hate to follow a goal I set for myself so long ago that I don't find joy or fulfillment in. Ultimately, I would like to be a director of a program called Child Development Services. It is a program designed to screen young children age birth -5 for speech delays, emotional disturbances, hearing impairments, cognitive impairments, and social delays. Screening is free for all children and those that have delays or impairments may qualify for services from CDS. Preventative methods are the key to the program to give children the best possible start in life. I quickly switched gears with the assistance of the wonderful advising staff at Walden, and now here I am!!
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