Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Journal

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling Journal

Name : Irene Lugo

Date : Notes

Today I met with my Internship Supervisor to arrange the needed for my stay as an intern at the rehabilitation center . We discussed the number of hours , work days and the basic requirements for the internship

These basic requirements generally included the work that would be turned in and other documentation that were supposed to be turned in for the internship . The Internship Supervisor emphasized that my documentation had to be in at then end of the internship for me to

be able to complete it

The most important part of my internship would be the case documents referring to the case work that I would be doing with my clients . This would also provide basis for the weekly meetings and the points to work on with my Internship Supervisor

I feel a little overwhelmed with the amount of work that I have to accomplish on top of the case documentation for the rehabilitation itself , but I think that I will be able to do it . I just think that I have to keep a positive attitude in looking at my internship

Since all my internship will be completed at this site , the weekly meeting is very important to me as well . Handling clients for the first time may be very difficult and I may feel lost and unsure of what to do .The weekly meetings will be of great help in guiding me and making decisions in handling my clients

Also , I would feel confident in my actions if my Internship Supervisor had been able to help me reflect and understand the cases that I would be handling . I think that in the coming weeks I would be needing the weekly meetings very much . This would be the time when I can see if my application of theory into the practice of counseling would be acceptable or not

Date : Notes

Today I visited the rehabilitation center for the first time . The attendants showed me around the facilities , showing me the rooms for therapy , for counseling and other activities in the center

I was also given the chance to review some of the cases that they had for counseling in the center

I was able to see how some of the clients there needed counseling mostly for conflicts in their family because of their disability and trying to cope with their own disability . I noticed that those who had become disabled in their later years were having the most difficult time in transition to their apparent status

I was also oriented on the way that the rehabilitation center treats its clients and which kind of approach they used in handling their clients According to the rehabilitation center , client self-determination is important and that full participation in the rehabilitation process is imperative

I feel excited and at the same time a little afraid of the clients that the rehabilitation center will give me . I am a bit unsure as to how...