Chapters 1-8
What are the Developmental Stages of an Internship? Name one concern and critical task associated with each.
Anticipation- concern: getting off to a good start, anxiety; critical task: clarifying role and purpose
Exploration- concern: building on progress; critical task: building supervisory relationships
Competence- concern: emerging view of self; critical task: Having feelings of achievement and success
Culmination- concern: multiple endings; critical task: planning for the future.
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What is something you can do to work towards overcoming any prejudices?
The first step toward being a nonprejudiced person is to confront and accept the prejudices you have. If you hide or deny them because you are ashamed or think that a good person would never have any, they will never change.
Name and describe the sources of power.
Belief: If you do not believe that a situation can change, most likely it will not.
Will: The intention and determination to make change occur.
Effort: Persistence and perseverance.
Public Agencies
Private Nonprofit Agencies
For-Profit Agencies
Public agencies get their funding through local, state, and federal tax revenues.
Private Nonprofit Agencies get their funding from a variety of sources, including charitable organizations, foundations, corporations, and individual donors.
For-Profit Agencies get funds to start their work from individuals or private organizations, but they expect to be self-supporting.
Define civic development...
A way for you to acquire and strengthen knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, that will make you better prepared to contribute to a healthy democracy.
What are some essential attitudes you should have at an internship?
Being open-minded, being flexible, being receptive (you should consider feedback from a nondefense position), being open to diversity.
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What components make up a Learning Contract?
Learning Goals
Activities to Reach The Goals
Assessment Measures
Supervision Plan
The main sources of support come from...
Support from your supervisors and seminar class.
Define Roles:
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What is the main target of your work?
The community itself.
Name one essential skill mentioned in chapter 3 of the text.
Being able to reflect on your ideas, opinions, and time at your internship.
Being able to communicate with others; active listening
Being able to give and receive feedback.
Give one example of a short-term goal and one example of a long-term goal at your site.
Example:
Short-term goal: Read a book to the entire class on your own.
Long-term goal: Work towards getting a degree for teaching elementary school students.
1. What happens when you feel stressed?
2. What can you do about stress?
1. A situation you perceive to be a threat of some sort triggers a flushing of stress hormones throughout your body that in turn produce physiological changes.
2. Use relaxation techniques, exercise, and movement therapies. Also, advise to your support system.
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Give an example of an unwritten rule that interns have encountered...
Never go out to lunch; work at your desk.
You can date another employee, but keep it quiet.
Go to lunch with your co-workers or they will think you are a snob.
What's something you should do when working with clients with problems?
You should not ignore some of the larger reasons why your clients have the problems that they do.
What are some components of Self-Understanding?
Knowing Your Values
Recognizing Reaction Patterns
Recognizing Family Patterns
Understanding the Way You Think
Your Style of Communicating During Conflict
Cultivating Cultural Competence
What is one of the most common concerns that interns have?
One of the most common concerns is how clients will react to them.
Metacognition means thinking about or reflecting on your thinking.
Students who use a metacognitive lens on situations respond to a "failure" situation by wondering what they can do differently next time to get a better ending to the story.
Formal authority and power are...
a) the same thing
b) not the same thing
b) Not the same thing.
Communities can be powerful ______ or powerful _______.
Communities can be powerful allies or powerful opponents.
What is the main difference between ethical and legal issues?
Ethical issues are those pertaining to something you know you shouldn't do but are not always illegal or related to laws.
-ex: You shouldn't follow your students on their Twitter profiles.
Legal issues are those issues related to what the law says about them.
-ex: Sexual conduct with your students.
What are some essentials for empowerment?
The power of:
Positive expectations, perspective, discussion, humor, language, and mindfulness.
Name The Eight Steps to Creating Change:
Step 1: Say it out loud
Step 2: Name the problem
Step 3: Expand your thinking
Step 4: Consider the causes
Step 5: Focus your attention
Step 6: Determine your goals
Step 7: Identify the strategies
Step 8: Create the change
What can affect the associations you have with the word politics?
Your age, your interests, and your work experience.
Assets: What the community actually has; how much food, how many homes, etc.
Needs: What the community actually needs; food, shelter, clothing, medical care.