Bea Fisher Practicum Experience

The Bea Fisher Center provides individual services for persons with developmental disabilities. It’s located in Lloydminster

Bea Fisher Vision: Is an leader in innovative service delivery for persons with developmental disabilities in obtaining a successful meaningful life.

Learning Highlights:

• I took two orientation workshops while on practicum- med orientation and abuse protocol.

• I learned to come out of my comfort zone more which I pushed myself to do.

• I got to work with a resident on achieving his goal of setting up and implementing an art show.

Information I applied from class:• I used a lot of critical thinking

during practicum.• I used a lot of ethic models

during practicum when it came to problem solving.

• When communicating with residents, I applied a lot of the skills I learned in helping relationships when having to communicate with residents.

• I also applied what I learned in AAT in my practicum experience as well.

Exciting moment on practicum- I got offered a casual position working at the Bea Fisher center.

Key Component: When working with the residents, we work as a positive role model and mentor in there life and help them to the best of our abilities.

The Edge Youth Center& Lakeland College Wellness

Both of these agencies focused primarily on the positive growth and development of their clients.

I was able to see both sides of an agency because of the 2 different roles

Lakeland Wellness: I focused on the way that those working with youth use and obtain resources, and the administrative aspect of a non profit organization eg. doing research, writing articles

The Edge Youth Center: I focused on building relationships with clients, and organizing and running activities for youth ages 12-18.

My Learning HighlightSeeing how building a trusting relationship with a youth can teach both of us so much! And, how awesome it is to see people happy!

Course Connections

I found many connections through my courses. I would say that Helping Relationships was the biggest thing I could connect with. Because of the techniques we learned to form trusting relationships

• This position is available to assist students in a confidential manner with a wide range of emotional/behavioural challenges.

FAMILY SCHOOL LIAISON

• Provides direct interventions & also facilitates referrals to services that would benefit the student; i.e., Alberta Mental Health.

• The FSL Worker is directly involved with students & their parents in the following areas:o Homework, motivation/focus, anxiety, bullying issues,

body image, emotion recognition, family relationships, self-esteem, friendship skills, grief & loss.