Starfish Personal Statement

My current field placement is at Kent County Family Court with the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families, also known as the Children’s Department. Family Court has many locations, the current loctaion for my Field Placement is in Kent County, but they have Family Court in Sussex County as well as New Castle County. The department that I am interning with does a number of things for children, youth, and their families. The mission of the department is to assist children, youth, and families in making positive changes through services that support child and public saftey, behavioral health, and individual, family, and community well-being. They fulfill this mission in many different ways. They strive to make sure that every child has a safe environment to live in, stable housing, they aim for children and youth to embrace a sense of hope about their future and being optimistic as well as teaching them to learn and ways to expand their

I completed my internship at Saint Agnes Home, Inc (SAH) located in West Hartford Connecticut. I was assigned to single Teenage Mothers. The Saint Agnes is a non-profit program licensed group home run by the State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families for pregnant and/or parenting adolescents and their babies. The mission of the Saint Agnes program is to provide residential care and support services to single pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their babies. The Saint Agnes Home program emphasis values, respects life, and recognizes the unique dignity and optimum potential of each person served. The program is staffed by licensed clinical social workers, registered nurse, and other college prepares professionals.

Throughout my undergraduate career at the University of South Carolina, I continually found myself drawn to internship opportunities

The process of finding an internship was very stressful for me. I honestly had no idea where to start or even what I was interested in. It took me many weeks to do research into different facilities that had internships available. After calling tons of organizations I finally interviewed at one that felt right for me. The interview took place with Laura Crain, who I also interviewed for this essay. The internship is at the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition.

For health 490, I am seeking to get an internship that will help cultivate certain aspects of my personal, academic, and career development. When considering my personal development, what I strongly want to improve upon are skills such as leadership capabilities, public speaking, and health communication. I am also seeking for a boost in my confidence in regards to my overall competency and knowledge base in the health field. My self-assurance will not simply stem from the education I gained at Maryland, but will also depend heavily on the first-hand experiences my internship will provide. By exuberating more confidence, I will be able to become more of an effective leader, which will in turn make me successful in my field of work. The target

For my internship, I served under the Allegheny County Health Department in Pittsburgh, PA. I served as the National Health Corps Member for the Women, Infants, and Children Program as their Care Coordinator for all nine offices. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a supplemental nutrition agency that targets pregnant and postpartum women and young children ages 5 and under who are at risk of malnutrition. My supervisor Annie Nagy along with my mentors in the office made sure I was able to receive all of the materials and resources I would need to have a complete and successful internship.

In my experience over my current internship at Aiken Elementary School this year has been very helpful. Mentoring a professional teacher gave me the experience of being able to mentor children. I am well prepared to make kindergarten students learn the alphabet and to help them build

I completed a summer Internship at Britton Christian Church. The Church is over Eighty years old, and is located in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. I discovered the availability of this internship through one of their new pastors Irvin Rodriguez. Over the past few years I had a growing interest in youth Ministry. My time at Dallas Christian College helped me to realize my passion for the youth. I then began to look for an internship position relating to youth Ministry.

I am a single mother of two beautiful children--a young adult son and soon to be teen daughter. While both have different personalities, they still have some things in common, they are my pride and joy. Currently, I am a senior here at Liberty University, seeking an undergraduate degree in Psychology, Christian Counseling, with a degree completion in early 2018. Subsequently, continuing my graduate cognate in Psychology, Health and Wellness. My educational pursuit began when I was seeking to grow my former preschool center into a larger professional entity, but business growth plans were put to a complete halt, upon learning that I needed other educational credentials. Consequently, for this PSYC-499 internship course, I will be working at

Life is complicated and confusing, but at the same time it’s comfortable and has a nice flow to it. This flow is known as the circle of life. In Passage 1, it is describing this constant flow of life but building upon what it actually means and how it is applicable to everything though an analogy of starfish. This is common with Passage 2, but Passage 2 goes more into depth about the meaning of the cycle rather than describing the beginning, climax, and end. Both passages are common in that they focus on the topic of life and how it is a living cycle, however Passage 1 describes the major events of the cycle while Passage 2 discusses what happens in between those major life events.

As a University of Maryland undergraduate student, I heard about your internship opportunity from our career services. I am extremely passionate about health and helping others. I am applying for your Hands of Hope Internship to help abused, neglected children improve their health and lives.

The agency where I am completing my internship is called Center for Family Services. This organization provides a wide range of services. I am working in their Family First program. This program is a substance abuse program just for mothers who must attend drug court or have an open case with the Division of Child Protection and Permanency. These women are ordered to complete a substance abuse program. This program serves a diverse cultural and ethnic population who may have experienced trauma in their life. Many times, trauma and post traumatic stress can lead to substance abuse.

     This internship opened many doors leading to my future. This would not only help me academically and financially, but would also provide me with

My placement is at Gateway Youth in Elmont. Gateway is a prevention program specializing in working with youth between the ages of 5-17 who are in conflict with their family, in need of academic or emotional support, or who are involved in the juvenile court system. Services provided include case management, crisis intervention, and advocacy with the schools, court, and community. As a social work intern, I am placed at Gotham Ave Elementary School working with third graders. At this school, Gateway Youth provides an after-school program for students that need supervision with their homework and inclusion in activities before their parents can pick them up.

It has been a while since I started at the internship and I am really glad I decided to work here. I think the experience in this area is a good preview of my career and future. I am learning some important skills and finding out some things about myself and the tough skin I will need in order to stay in the area of juvenile support.