Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
My Favorite Client
The main child Ive been working with is named Ronald. He is 2.7 years old and has cerebral palsy. I absolutely love him. He is the cutest thing you have ever seen in your life and CP is the main reason I came here. He is totally nonverbal so I{ve set him up with a communication board. Basically I{ve drawn a million pictures of everyday objects (toys, food, clothes, etc.) and am teaching him to communicate by pointing to these pictures. Studies have shown that this kind of board helps a child to develop language skills whether or not he is ever able to actually talk. Im very e He is doing so well with it! He totally understands how to use it and his mother says he has improved at home too!
peace out
peace out
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Weekend
So my big plans to travel alone this weekend were foiled by my being a bit of a sicky. I suppose it was for the better because I was able to get to know a few people in my program I didn´t know very well.
On Saturday morning Annie, Miguelina, Dan and I headed to the bus station at 8:30 in order to catch a 9:00 bus to Coroico, a town 3 hours away. Our plan was to climb a mountain and then return to La Paz later in the night. We missed the 9am bus so we got onto another bus which would leave at 9:30. At 9:30 we realized that we were supposed to prepurchase tickets for the bus and ended up getting kicked out. We didnt get on the road until 10:30. We arrived at 2 and started hiking at 3. I, of course, was the queen of the mountain and had to keep stopping to wait for everyone. The hike was very hard, as it was uphill the entire time, but it was well worth it. The scenery was beautiful, I´ll post pictures later.
Today I went to a SPA! I had a 45 minute massage for under 23 dollars including tip. Then I spent 2 hours swimming in the pool, in the steam room, the jacuzzi and the sauna.
All for now!
On Saturday morning Annie, Miguelina, Dan and I headed to the bus station at 8:30 in order to catch a 9:00 bus to Coroico, a town 3 hours away. Our plan was to climb a mountain and then return to La Paz later in the night. We missed the 9am bus so we got onto another bus which would leave at 9:30. At 9:30 we realized that we were supposed to prepurchase tickets for the bus and ended up getting kicked out. We didnt get on the road until 10:30. We arrived at 2 and started hiking at 3. I, of course, was the queen of the mountain and had to keep stopping to wait for everyone. The hike was very hard, as it was uphill the entire time, but it was well worth it. The scenery was beautiful, I´ll post pictures later.
Today I went to a SPA! I had a 45 minute massage for under 23 dollars including tip. Then I spent 2 hours swimming in the pool, in the steam room, the jacuzzi and the sauna.
All for now!
Friday, June 08, 2007
Back by popular demand
Sorry for all you complainers. I have been very busy and havent had time to blog.
SO here is the update: Every morning I go to Cerefe, a school for children with special needs. My friend Marina and I work in one classroom with the children who are functioning at the lowest level in the school. We work with all of the children but are each assigned 1 specific child who is considered to be our client. Mine is Mauricio, an 11 year old boy with Down´s Syndrome. To be quite honest the whole morning placement is chaotic and not well supervised. We tend to have very little idea what we are doing, the teachers leave the children alone for long periods of time and the children rarely show up to school.
My afternoon placement is much cooler. I have 2 of my own clients. The first, and my favorite, is Ronald, a 3 year old with Cerebral Palsy. I´ve created a communication board ( a way of communicating using pictures), and am teaching him and his mother how to use it. He is nonverbal and at this point unable to walk, but he is really really smart and is learning to use the system pretty quickly. My second client, who I really dont like too much, is a 2 year old who looks like he is 6 months old. I´m basically doing play therapy with him.
THATS ALL FOR NOW
SO here is the update: Every morning I go to Cerefe, a school for children with special needs. My friend Marina and I work in one classroom with the children who are functioning at the lowest level in the school. We work with all of the children but are each assigned 1 specific child who is considered to be our client. Mine is Mauricio, an 11 year old boy with Down´s Syndrome. To be quite honest the whole morning placement is chaotic and not well supervised. We tend to have very little idea what we are doing, the teachers leave the children alone for long periods of time and the children rarely show up to school.
My afternoon placement is much cooler. I have 2 of my own clients. The first, and my favorite, is Ronald, a 3 year old with Cerebral Palsy. I´ve created a communication board ( a way of communicating using pictures), and am teaching him and his mother how to use it. He is nonverbal and at this point unable to walk, but he is really really smart and is learning to use the system pretty quickly. My second client, who I really dont like too much, is a 2 year old who looks like he is 6 months old. I´m basically doing play therapy with him.
THATS ALL FOR NOW
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Pictures!
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