This assignment at first was very intimidating for me because my senior year of high school I broke my leg limiting my mobility. I had in only in the slightest sense experienced the frustrations people using wheelchairs encounter. After spending fourty eight hours in a wheelchair my eyes were opened to see just how inaccessible the University of Maine at Farmington and town truly are.

I have always been very passionate about working with kids because of the wisdom you gain from them. In order to really understand how a group is run we had to create a group we would want to lead and create a budget. This assignment I think shows my creativity with a small budget.

In Group Process, part of our responsibility for the class was to lead three group sessions with a partner. This assignment was a reflection on a group session I led on the topic of loss. I was really proud of how this session went because of how comfortable and genuine I was with my peers.

One of the bigger projects in casework was creating a resource directory. I chose to focus on the elderly population because I feel like the western society just puts elderly in nursing homes, when in reality there are a lot more options. In my directory I found a lot of interesting services for a population that is near and dear to my heart.

Although this was a smaller assignment for Casework, it was an assignment that took a lot of though and energy. I realized by defining your values and believes, you allow yourself to be more open and ultimately a better helper in the profession.

 

 

During a class session of Recreation 140, we played games and sports then brainstormed how to make games easier for people living with disabilities. It was here that my idea for a color blind friendly Twister board was born. The project itself taught me how with a little bit of money and effort you can turn a barrier into an accessible item.

This video meant a lot to me because it was about my cousin Dan living with autism and the activities he does for therapeutic recreation. I put a lot of hard work into this video with the help of my boyfriend and am very proud of the end results.

This paper has helped me in my junior year to answer the age old question of what do I want to do with my life? I feel like I summarized my passions and possible career interests for myself in the near future.