E-PORTFOLIO POWER

POINT PRESENTATION

Nadia Dale
AHS 8100
Wilmington
University

CHAPTER ONE
A) My thoughts and feelings about starting my internship:
-Fear
-Anxiety
-Fitting In
-Achieving
B) My primary learning interests:
- Grant Writing
- Obtaining Resources- fi nding sponsors for events
-Client Confi dentiality
-Meetings/Boards

CHAPTER TWO
1. Agency context Ive learned more about?
-Sexual trauma and sexual abuse
-Clients
-Attending sex-off ender board meetings/knowledge
-Personnel
-Policy and Procedures
2. How has my view of my agency changed since the
beginning?
-No more fear
-Sense of belonging
-Building of relationships/networking/board member

CHAPTER THREE
1. Ethical issue Ive dealt with and how I handled it:
-Medicaid versus private insurance companies

CHAPTER FOUR
1. What do I want and need in my supervisory relationship?
-Trust
-Knowledge
-Positive Feedback (Constructive Criticism )
2. How have I handled my responsibilities?
-Assignments done in timely manner
-Attending meetings
-Becoming board member for Rock and Roar event
3. Challenges in supervision and how handled? How can I
grow
in my skills to use supervision eff ectively? What will I
need in a supervisor when I enter my fi rst professional
job? ****PATIENCE!!

CHAPTER FIVE
1. Integrative Processing Model example:
Step 1: Gathering Objective Data from Concrete
Experience
-Making brochures for SOARs programs to serve clients
whove experienced sexual trauma.
Step 2: Refl ecting
-Feeling nervous about fi rst task
-Watching and learning to do on my own (remembering!)
Step 3: Identifying Relevant Theory and Knowledge
-Dynamics of helping relationships (dealing with clients
directly)
-Knowing same concepts even though not working with
clients at internship site.

CHAPTER FIVE CONTINUED

Step 4: Examining Dissonance
- Should I do This
Step 5: Articulating Learning
- Understanding of what I do know and what
learned
Step 6: Developing a Plan
- Proceeding in own work (taking knowledge from
internship and applying at current employment
-Referring own clients to SOAR
- Going back to school?

CHAPTER SIX
1. Experience in working with:
- Individuals?
- Families?
- Groups?
- Communities?
2. Which level with most experience:
- INDIVIDUALS!
3. Least experience:
- GROUPS!

CHAPTER SEVEN
1. Cultural diff erences encountered in internship?
- Not dealing with Hispanics personally, but learning
through mental health therapists who work with
population.
2. Insights I have gained about own culture and social
location?
3. How do I assess my current level of skill in working
with people who are culturally diff erent from me?
4. Goals in working with diverse groups?

CHAPTER EIGHT
Oral Reports:
- SOAR Agency Presentation
- E-Portfolio Assignment
Strengths and Weaknesses from oral presentations?
- Clear understanding of what organization does
- Who organization serves
- Talking too fast/stuck on what to say next

CHAPTER NINE
1. What has this internship experience taught me
about stress?
- Take one day at a time
- Never bring work home unless I want to
- Not to bring own employment to internship site:
OVERLOAD!
- Never take on too many task at once
- Not being afraid to say NO
2. Pitfalls Im learning to avoid when handling stress in
my own life?
- Not partaking in activities with friends
- Getting grumpy
- Skipping breaks

CHAPTER TEN
1. What do I appreciate most about my internship
experience?
- Learning more in depth about sexual trauma and
abuse/sex off enders
- Relationships built
- Becoming apart of committee
Able to attend meetings at Legislative Hall in Dover
2. Regrets?
Not working with clients directly
3. Feelings, wants and needs?
4. Continued personal growth?

CHAPTER ELEVEN
1. Career goals? Long and Short term?
- Continue with schooling/ getting experience from
current human service role- getting second Masters?
- Have a supervisory role/growth
2. Doing professionally fi ve or ten years from now?
3. Steps to take to complete/fi nalize goals for growth?