1. I have been thinking about how I can make the classroom have a medical-like feel or a rehab center feel. In other words, I was thinking about putting up as much white around the room as possible to make it look "sterile", or I was going to give it a more inviting, "home-y" feel, like the rehab houses have. Obviously, I am still very unsure as to how this will be addressed.
2. I was hoping to repeat my activity that I used for 20-minute (the note card transmission) because I think my classmates really grasped the idea that my activity was trying to portray. It is difficult to come up with more exciting, educating ideas..
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Blog 19: Answer Two
The most effective way to treat an HIV+ patient in drug rehab is by tailoring a treatment plan to fit the specific needs of each patient in any given facility.
Obviously, people are more willing to respond to anything that is geared specifically towards them, the individual. When it comes to an issue as touchy as HIV and drug rehabilitation, knowing that the plan you are following was created especially for you, you are more likely to follow it, as it becomes easier to see a successful ending. Also, each patient in a drug rehabilitation facility has their own story of why they got there in the first place, which means they each need their own way to ensure never having to come back to rehab. As an administrator, you must realize that coming up with one master plan to crank patients out of your facility will hurt the patient (and society), as you have no way of knowing whether or not you've addressed the specific reason the patient came to your facility in the first place. Relationships must be formed between patients and those administering treatment to make sure the patient gets the most help out of their stay.
My service learning at Straight Talk, Inc. was, again, the biggest help in determining my second answer. Also, fact sheets from Aidsinfonet.org and the CDC have been extremely helpful in better understanding the many answers to my essential question.
Obviously, people are more willing to respond to anything that is geared specifically towards them, the individual. When it comes to an issue as touchy as HIV and drug rehabilitation, knowing that the plan you are following was created especially for you, you are more likely to follow it, as it becomes easier to see a successful ending. Also, each patient in a drug rehabilitation facility has their own story of why they got there in the first place, which means they each need their own way to ensure never having to come back to rehab. As an administrator, you must realize that coming up with one master plan to crank patients out of your facility will hurt the patient (and society), as you have no way of knowing whether or not you've addressed the specific reason the patient came to your facility in the first place. Relationships must be formed between patients and those administering treatment to make sure the patient gets the most help out of their stay.
My service learning at Straight Talk, Inc. was, again, the biggest help in determining my second answer. Also, fact sheets from Aidsinfonet.org and the CDC have been extremely helpful in better understanding the many answers to my essential question.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Blog 18: The Product
So far, the best definition of my product from the senior project has to be my newly acquired ability to be able to look at each individual I come into contact with, and not judge them by what I know about them and/or their past, but allow them a clean slate in my mind. In other words, when most people think about HIV+ patients in a drug rehab facility, it is customary to immediately think down upon them. This is nobody's fault, it's simply how society has groomed us to behave. Being able to overcome this in my mind is something that I have hoped for since the first day I looked into studying this topic, as I knew it would give be the best insight into how I can help these people turn their lives around. Now, when I walk into the rehabilitation centers to do service learning, I subconsciously take on the same mindset that comes with waking into the grocery store or college classroom - these people are just like me, and they each have something new to offer, all they need is a chance.
Obviously, it is difficult to provide evidence that supports something like this. Honestly, I feel as though my many hours volunteering at Straight Talk Counseling, Inc. should show that I am in a setting that leaves me comfortable enough to come back for more.
Obviously, it is difficult to provide evidence that supports something like this. Honestly, I feel as though my many hours volunteering at Straight Talk Counseling, Inc. should show that I am in a setting that leaves me comfortable enough to come back for more.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions
- Do you find it difficult to interact with HIV+ people?
- What do you think about stigmas attached to HIV+ drug rehab patients?
- Have there been any particular stories you have heard that really caught your attention?
- Do you think many patients who have HIV know how they contracted it?
- Do you think many patients who have HIV knows how HIV spreads?
- Do many HIV+ patients believe their status is a death sentence?
- Do you think many patients who have HIV may have been able to avoid contracting it if they had more knowledge on the nature of the virus?
- Do you think many patients with HIV are cautious about spreading their virus with others? Or do they appear to not care about the welfare of others?
- What are some limitations an HIV+ person will have in attempting to live their everyday life?
- Do most HIV+ people know what the general population thinks about HIV?
- Are there certain qualities needed in a caregiver to successfully treat an HIV+ patient?
- Are there certain qualities needed in a therapist to successfully counsel an HIV+ patient?
- Are there certain things that should be avoided when trying to treat an HIV+ patient?
- Are there certain things that should be specifically addressed when trying to treat an HIV+ patient?
- Do you think that most patients that leave your facility are ready to face the "real world"?
- What special measures must be taken when it comes to patients that are placed into your facility due to court mandating?
- How does your facility approach patients who are obviously unwilling to cooperate?
- What types of education are required of those that work at the rehab houses?
- Do you think that, in time, the world will become more or less accepting of those with HIV?
- What are some basic signs a patient may show to let you know their treatment is working?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval
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.
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.
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
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)