Service Learning Project

The topic for the Service Learning Project which I have selected to write about is about The Spinal and Thoracic Treatment and Research (STTAR) Center at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, which conducts research related to the function of a child's spine and chest. I will accomplish this SLP by focusing on four key areas. Those areas are as follows: the establishment of the learning outcome of the SLP, the mechanics of the SLP, the community relationships resulting from the SLP, and the personal effects of the SLP. An analysis of these areas will reveal how The Spinal and Thoracic Treatment and Research (STTAR) Center at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio conducts clinical studies that analyze the chest in unique and unprecedented

For my service learning, I volunteered with two different community partners. The first service learning area I volunteered in was connecting with children at shelter and help work on a beautification project at the Miami Bridge Shelter. Miami Bridge is a Miami-Dade shelter for children who are victims of human trafficking, drug dealers, runaways, and abandoned youths which delivers them a fostering and supportive environment. They reconnect the youth ages from seven to seventeen with educational, social and job-related opportunities. While at Miami Bridge, a group of us from Barry had to paint the children’s bathrooms over with a different color such as purple for the girls and a cream color for the boys. After that, we had a task with the kids to pick up rocks in the sand with shovels because the shelter plans on making a play area there.

My service learning experience with the non-profit organization, Off the Front has contributed to my professional development and prepared me more for the business would by enhancing my leadership and communication skills. At every bike repair location, I enhanced my leadership skills by leading other volunteers on what they should work on depending on their level of skills on bike repairs and if they wanted to learn something new, and I knew how to do a repair on the bike, I would gladly teach them. It also enhanced my communication skills by knowing how to communicate to other volunteers and that each individual may require a different communication style and leadership style. It also helped me improve my writing and analysis skills. My writing skills has enhanced by being able to write my service learning marketing plan with my group and making smooth transitions since we got different part. Using my analysis skills to evaluate four years of Off the Front financials through Forms 990 and created balance sheets for years 2013-2016 and broke down the salaries amount by each staff.

My Service Learning Project is being done in a Title 1 high school that is terminal for major discipline issues. The students cut class, curse out teachers, smoke, do drugs, walk out of class, pull out electronic items such as cell phones etc. right in the middle of class, and at any time a group of students will run up in a teacher’s class and attack another student at the drop of a dime. As we walk about anywhere on the school grounds, at any time, a big gang brawl may break out. I mean they beat the blood out of one another. There is currently a PBIS program in place; however, discipline at this school is hard to work with because there are so many individuals that need help. I talked to the principal about some of the issues and was told

Ever since I began my service learning project I have learned more about myself and social work as a profession. I have also been challenged by being paired with a client that is completely different than me. Dr. Sue Atwood has lived a very different life than me and views the world differently than I do. The diversity between Dr. Sue Atwood and myself is something that I truly enjoy. After realizing how beautiful diversity is, the competency that would best be applied to my service learning project would be engaging diversity and difference in practice. This competency is something that I have had to master since I began my service learning project. Dr. Sue Atwood and her husband Dr. Wesley Atwood lived a wonderful life together. They traveled

The service learning project that I participated in made me realize so many things about other people and myself. I gained skills in some areas that I would never expect myself to improve on and it motivated me to continue to improve on those skills. It has taught me that trying something new isn’t always a bad thing. It can actually open many opportunities and make you have new hobbies. This service learning was a huge success to my community and myself. Before I started the service I wasn’t so sure about it because it wasn’t something that I imagined myself doing. As I participated in the service and realized how fun it actually was, it made me change my whole opinion on it. I don’t regret taking part in this service because I feel more motivated, people were able to fight for what they wanted.

I think group projects are very helpful. Maybe somebody in the group doesn’t understand something. So another person in the group can show them how to do it. You can also talk to people you’ve never talked to before, you might be able to help someone, moreover someone might be able to help you.

Service Learning is a teaching and learning service that connects the classroom and community. It engages students in projects that benefit the community as well as themselves. My service learning project was volunteering at a dance theater production. This production took place at the Murray Arts Center in Kennesaw, Georgia, on Sunday, November 22.

The service learning project for ForKids organization was organized to analyze the existing data and information concerning the performance of the beyond-the-bell (BTB) tutoring program. During the semester-long project working for ForKids, I observed and now better understand the best practices of nonprofit organizations. Additionally, although most best practices are universal in nature, there must be considerations for the unique characteristics of a nonprofit organization such as organization culture and the community it serves.

The world that we live in is a world represented through a variety of different cultures and languages that all come together in a common setting for children: the school. Through my scholarly involvement in my service learning experience for both my cultural and literacies courses, I was and am being exposed to a variety of different cultures and languages different from my own that have cultivated an appreciation for diversity within me. As a future educator, being aware and having knowledge of different cultures and literacies, while using culturally relevant pedagogy in the classroom will help to encourage academic success among all students and provide an equitable educational experience for everyone.

Everyone knows that children will run the future, that the present day youth will soon be leading our country and our world. However, if everyone has heard this and knows it to be true, why are we not giving them the best education we can? If children are going to run the future, they should learn the necessary skills to do so. Kids are like sponges, whatever they learn while young, they will soak up and use forever. Essentially, we are reaping what we sow. Children need guidance and role models if they are going to be successful in the future. The Boys and Girls club is founded on that very belief. That not only are all children important and special in their own ways, that they will use their unique talents to shape the future. By teaching them critical skills at a young age, then they can use them later on in life. I did my Service Learning Experience at the Boys and Girls club at Paradise Intermediate School. I will be illustrating the different aspects of my time there, and how they relate to the class itself.

In the case study of American Association of Community Colleges, a student commented, “With group projects, most of the time you have to worry about getting people together. But service learning I think the students are more apt to be excited about it and actually want to forth the effort to reach the common goal” (Prentice 8). By implementing what we learn from service learning activities we will be able to communicate clearly with the experiences we gain with working with others on a shared goal. An improvement would incur in different areas such as social, cooperation and communication skills. We can apply these skills in another group project, by giving feedback to group members. We will also establish relationships with our groups, which

This project required critical thinking in ways I had never done, since every detail we included had to be thought the whole way through. For example, when doing the budget, a limit for how much each section needed and where to get the money from had to be decided. The multiple challenges taught me how to think critically through a problem in order to find the best solution. Another benefit was presenting because anymore practice I get is helpful for me since I will have to present in the future for my senior project and assignments in

It provides them an opportunity to implement what they have learned in class towards hands-on involvement and research. Within the project, there are teams dedicated to completing our design’s electrical, mechanical, structural and grow system aspects. Students are given an opportunity to work together simultaneously through the effort of promoting and fundraising for the student group.

Art therapy is becoming a more frequently utilized intervention among clinicians. Art therapy intervention addresses; post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, autism, trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, bereavement and substance abuse. Art therapy can be beneficial for all ages; however, it is commonly used with children as it permits expression of feelings and thoughts in a manner that is often less threatening than traditional therapy. The theoretical approaches used in art therapy are; psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive (Malchiodi, 2004).