For Independent Component Two, I plan on completing an extra 30 hours of service learning. I am currently completing my service learning at Straight Talk under Administrator, Shelly Lummus.
I am confident that there will be no problem for me to complete the thirty hours required for the independent component. I have been volunteering a few days a week since the beginning of September, and I have already completed a large portion of my required hours.
Since Straight Talk is a counseling and rehab center that primarily focuses on drug addicts, I get an up-close look at what goes into treating an HIV+ drug addict in rehab. Straight Talk has two rehab "houses" dedicated to HIV+ patients, and the individuals that run these houses are more than happy to give me any information I may need if I ask. Unfortunately because I am not 18 years old, I am not able to volunteer directly at these houses. However, I still feel as though I am answering my EQ thoroughly through my Independent Component.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Blog 15: Independent Component 1
Click Here for Log of Hours
I, Carly Griffin, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
Literal
Going with the short summaries provided on the log, I mainly helped the office in whatever tasks they needed assistance on.
Interpretive
More service learning allows me to gain a better perspective as to what goes on "behind the scenes" at this non-profit geared towards helping drug addicts with HIV. The patients have a very limited group of supporters willing to help them, and working with a couple of those extraordinary people has really opened my eyes to the struggles this group faces every day just to survive.
Applied
Learning first-hand about what patients and caregivers go through to rehabilitate an HIV+ drug addict is truly a new experience that I would never gain through ay other type of research. The more time I spend at this facility, the more information I gather to share/research further throughout the remainder of the Senior Project.
I, Carly Griffin, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
Literal
Going with the short summaries provided on the log, I mainly helped the office in whatever tasks they needed assistance on.
Interpretive
More service learning allows me to gain a better perspective as to what goes on "behind the scenes" at this non-profit geared towards helping drug addicts with HIV. The patients have a very limited group of supporters willing to help them, and working with a couple of those extraordinary people has really opened my eyes to the struggles this group faces every day just to survive.
Applied
Learning first-hand about what patients and caregivers go through to rehabilitate an HIV+ drug addict is truly a new experience that I would never gain through ay other type of research. The more time I spend at this facility, the more information I gather to share/research further throughout the remainder of the Senior Project.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Blog 13: Answer One
Answer One
The most effective way to treat an HIV+ patient in drug rehab is by providing HIV counseling and testing services to patients, their partners, and their family.
Once a patient is informed that he/she has contracted HIV, it is very important to talk about it with those who the patient may have spread the disease to. Testing should be made available to those who may have contracted the disease. It is also very important to discuss ways that transmission can be prevented with the patient.
Almost every single piece of research I have collected thus far has introduced this idea when talking about ways to rehabilitate HIV+ patients in drug treatment centers. One website that has been extremely beneficial throughout has been TheBody.com.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Blog 12: Service Learning
I am volunteering at Straight Talk, Inc.
My contact is the administrator, Shelly Lummus. She can be reached at 714.828.2000, Ext 111 (She does not work Friday).
So far, the main things I have been doing include various office activities that allow me to see the other side of running the treatment center (filing, organization, etc.) and errands for the office. It is very difficult for this small staff to run this non-profit, and I am grateful that they allow me to shadow them, so I do whatever I can to help them out. Other things I have done are attending a "graduation" ceremony for one of the rehab patients, and sitting in on a meeting with the administrators involved in HIV treatment centers in Orange County regarding housing for the clients. I have worked about 50 hours so far at Straight Talk for service learning.
Friday, January 6, 2012
ESLRs
Effective Communicator
1. I am trying to learn how to communicate effectively with people I don't know. I tend to be very shy when meeting new people and I can already see the difference the senior project is making on that.
2. Talking with the people at the rehabilitation centers and and my service learning center has almost forced me to be confident in what I say, especially when meeting new people. Most of the clients at the treatment centers are usually not very accepting of new people, so I need to show them that I am someone worth getting to know.
3. I am hoping that this makes me a better presenter at school. I am usually not very intimidated by my peers, but my speech doesn't always come off as confident. I am hoping that my senior project enables me to change that.
Effective Learner
1. I am hoping to find a different way to collect research - other than google. I feel as though I don't get very "respectable" research with the sources I use now.
2. I am hoping to get more research from my service learning center. They have a lot of data that I have been told I was allowed to sort through.
3. A lot of this research will aid me in my senior project. Hopefully, I will start getting better research like that so I don't have to rely on search engines.
1. I am trying to learn how to communicate effectively with people I don't know. I tend to be very shy when meeting new people and I can already see the difference the senior project is making on that.
2. Talking with the people at the rehabilitation centers and and my service learning center has almost forced me to be confident in what I say, especially when meeting new people. Most of the clients at the treatment centers are usually not very accepting of new people, so I need to show them that I am someone worth getting to know.
3. I am hoping that this makes me a better presenter at school. I am usually not very intimidated by my peers, but my speech doesn't always come off as confident. I am hoping that my senior project enables me to change that.
Effective Learner
1. I am hoping to find a different way to collect research - other than google. I feel as though I don't get very "respectable" research with the sources I use now.
2. I am hoping to get more research from my service learning center. They have a lot of data that I have been told I was allowed to sort through.
3. A lot of this research will aid me in my senior project. Hopefully, I will start getting better research like that so I don't have to rely on search engines.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Blog 11: Third Interview Questions
1. What do you think is the most effective way to treat an HIV+ patient in drug rehab?
2. Do you think that HIV+ patients require specific care that other patients may not need? Why?
3. Do you think that HIV+ patients should be housed separately from those that are not HIV+? Why?
4. Do you think that HIV+ patients may think their "special attention" is not in their best interest? Why?
5. How is the way we treat HIV+ patients in drug rehab different today than it has been in the past? Why do you think this has changed?
6. What are some risks that occur when caring for an HIV+ drug patient?
7. Other than the disease itself, are there any notable differences between HIV+ patients in the program when compared to those without the disease?
8. Roughly how much more money does it cost to put an HIV+ patient through rehab compared to those without HIV?
9. Do patients without HIV show any resentment towards those with HIV? What about the other way around?
10. Roughly how many HIV+ patients does your center house versus those without HIV?
2. Do you think that HIV+ patients require specific care that other patients may not need? Why?
3. Do you think that HIV+ patients should be housed separately from those that are not HIV+? Why?
4. Do you think that HIV+ patients may think their "special attention" is not in their best interest? Why?
5. How is the way we treat HIV+ patients in drug rehab different today than it has been in the past? Why do you think this has changed?
6. What are some risks that occur when caring for an HIV+ drug patient?
7. Other than the disease itself, are there any notable differences between HIV+ patients in the program when compared to those without the disease?
8. Roughly how much more money does it cost to put an HIV+ patient through rehab compared to those without HIV?
9. Do patients without HIV show any resentment towards those with HIV? What about the other way around?
10. Roughly how many HIV+ patients does your center house versus those without HIV?
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