September

Hello!

I can't believe it is already September. I was not in America during the fall last year, so it is a little strange to be here with the season getting cooler. I remember coming back in December and it being cold and I still had summer clothes in my dresser at home.

I started my job on Friday at Indian Creek. I really liked it. I will start the TSS Worker stuff within the next couple weeks. I did the after school program on Friday. I was a little nervous about working with kids with Autism, but I found the kids in the program to be fun and not too difficult. Part of duties include being assigned two children and keep count of their behaviors. Each child has goals. My one client had a goal to keep on track with activities and not just walk away without saying sometime to the person they are with that they were done playing. I had to keep a tally of every time he interacted with another peer and every time he kept to himself.

The majority of the kids in the program are boys. A lot of these children are very, very intelligent, they just lack the ability to pick up social cues. I got to lead a game with the kids called social skills where they got to practice how they would react in different social situations, e.g., "pretend you see a friend playing a game you don't know how to play. What could you say to your friend to get them to teach you how to play the game?"

Last night, I got go out with some friends that I went to high school with. It's been a couple of years since I have seen some of these people. My one friend is getting married in January and will soon be buying a house! Ahh! Can't believe I am so old. Also, I saw many, many people from Upper Moreland. It was weird. There were also two UM teachers there. I never had these teachers, but it was pretty weird none the less.

I am very happy to have a job in my field and I hopefully will get more hours soon!

~Jenna