[acb-hsp] anyone done an internship with voc rehab

[Rhonda Partain]

Thanks for sharing!! I wondered how accepting others in the rehab office 
would be towards interns in general especially a student who is blind. I 
wondered if there would be Jaws on the computer, what exactly an intern 
would do.
Rhonda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darla Rogers" <djrogers0628 at gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion list for ACB human service professionals'" 
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Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] anyone done an internship with voc rehab


> Dear All,
>
> As is true with Rhonda, I was a VR major; thus, I did mine at a VRF 
> agency;
> Oregon has a separate commission for the blind, but I was asked, by a very
> well-respected counselor who graduated from the same program I was
> attending, to intern with her.,  Everything went swimmingly until we got a
> new office manager who as much as said interns were a pain and worthless 
> or
> whatever.
>
> I applied for a job there, which I didn't get and was told by my mentor
> later, the office was an awful place to work; I only had to convince one
> person; once she accepted me and realized I treated her clients--mostly
> MH/state hospital patients--she and I got along famously, and I learned a
> lot and my opinion were treated with respect, and my clients all liked me
> and even one who said she was afraid of my guide, leaned down to pet her,
> near the end of an appointment with me and my mentor.
>
> I also--as unorthodox as this sounds--let my counselor friends take her 
> for
> walks to de-stress; she needed the exercise, and she was very trustworthy
> with other folks who respected the rules about what she was and was not
> allowed to do, so she proved a valued asset as well.
>
> Darla
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Merisa Musemic
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:09 PM
> To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
> Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] anyone done an internship with voc rehab
>
> Hi Ronda,
> I also completed an internship at a VR agency. I was at Michigan
> Rehabilitation Services AKA MRS. Here, in Michigan we have a separate 
> agency
> that provides VR services to the blind called Michigan Commission for the
> blind. I had a great  time and a great learning experience as well. They
> were great to work with in coordinating accomodations . The office was 
> about
> 20 minutes from my house The counselor covered transportation and I also 
> got
> a ride from my co-workers whenn in the field. I am wondering does Georgia
> have a separate VR agency for the blind or does the general VR agency
> provide services to the blind? What school in Georgia do you attend?
> Good luck with your internship and keep us posted how things are going.
> Merisa
>
> On 2/23/12, John Kolwick <john2109 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>> Blank   Hi Rhonda, I did an internship with my VR agency; I also was paid
>> for the internship, I was considered a summer employee and my msw grad
>> program let me do it because there were msw staff available.  Overall,
>> good and it was not where my field counselor was.  I had been a client
>> there 5 years previously; so that was not really an issue. I now work for
> them.
>>
>>
>> From: Rhonda Partain
>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:07 PM
>> To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
>> Subject: [acb-hsp] anyone done an internship with voc rehab
>>
>> Hello, I am in Georgia and will do an internship in the fall. Has
>> anyone done an internship with their state voc rehab office? If so,
>> was your placement at an office near where you lived? Did your rehab
>> counselor cover transportation costs for you?
>> How was your experience as an internship?
>> Thanks for your information.
>>
>> Rhonda Partain
>>
>>
>>
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