So, my third semester is done with school at NTC as of last week. My classes were Professional Readiness, Introduction to Service Learning, Counseling Theory and Tactic, Human Sexuality. All the classes were taught online, and with my prior history with abuse one would think that this would be extremely triggering. This semester was heavy on the writing of papers, but along with that I was offered a Classroom Monitor job at a local school district. I also got to do Zoom calls in the oddest places such as in a classroom with my instructor. (God Bless that Woman!)
This was a strange semester fall 2020; I was eligible for internship but because of COVID-19 all the internships were changed over to Service Learning. Our instructor has never had to teach Service Learning before, and the college was in the process of discontinuing the course(s). My internship “dream” was going to be Taylor County Human Services in Medford, Wisconsin. I use the “dream” only in quotes because, well I will get there.
So, within the Service-Learning introduction class, we had to contact places that would be agreeable with taking on intern during this weird time. I was looking at doing a mental health/human services-based placement. I called many different places and was getting nowhere. I had even called my “dream placement”, well after much discussion. My dream placement takes me. I only had one other hurdle, passing my Peer Support Test. My title for the Placement at TCHS is doing the research end of doing a drop-in center for people with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues.
My next semester is Introduction to SUDC, Psychopharmacology, Assessment/Diagnosis/and Treatment, Substance Use and Family, Professional Responsibility, Service Learning- Leadership. This is the semester that I will doing the final project. This will also by my final semester if nothing medically changes or the world doesn’t end.
Before wondering eyes, my grades were amazing. All A’s
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