In my ideal internship, I want to be working
with a School Psychologist and actually being a part of what she does, not just a fly on the wall. Hopefully, that means I'll be able to observe and advise the processes of school psychology. I heard that in many cases, parents will hire "advocates" to argue that their child is psychologically impaired in some way that makes him subject to special privileges. When parents do this just so that they can put their kid in an expensive private school, it is no longer the parents' expense, but instead is a burden that the child most deal with. Anyways, these meetings between School Psychologists and Advocates are kind of like debates in a way. Definitely melodramatic.
I would like to use my writing skills to help write up proper, professional reports on evaluations.I see myself doing a lot of listening and observing, but also, say, taking notes at the same time and then comparing that mine to my intern's.Those kinds of things would be very constructive and force me to think how I'll have to when I'm an actual School Psychologist. It would certainly be interesting to learn all about clinical Psychology.
I want to learn the structure of psychoogical evaluation, how to observe/listen to the patient--what to look for, how to write a properly structured report, how to actually help a child improve his mental state or speed things along.
... the notes I'll be taking...
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