Ashleigh Forehand was born in Athens, Georgia in 1998, but she moved too Roanoke, Virginia at a young age and spent most of her childhood there. Ashleigh has a 20 year old brother and a ten year old sister. Growing up, she moved around a lot in Virginia and a few years ago, her family settled in Tallahassee. In her family’s house, you can find her parents, siblings, and her pets. Ashleigh loves animals and cares for three cats and a dog at home. This was a fortunate move for Ashleigh because even when her family still lived in Virginia, she had a desire to attend Florida State. Ashleigh Forehand has wanted to attend Florida State for years, but that wish is not necessarily what prepared her for making such a smooth transition to a new environment with 40,000 students and mostly new faces. The college transition is not always easy and students often …show more content…
Before her family moved from Virginia to Florida, they moved around in Virginia, a lot. In a span of five years, Ashleigh attended five different schools. The ability to adapt to new surroundings without much trouble is a very important skill to have and will help Ashleigh be successful in all of her life. The same skill that made her transition from high school to college an easy transition will also make her transition from college to the workforce an easy one. Ashleigh will be successful for the rest of her life because since such a young age, she has understood why people struggle in the hard situations they find themselves in. At Florida State, Ashleigh has found a lot of interest in the Family and Child Science program while her major is Exploratory. While Ashleigh isn’t entirely sure what she wants to do in the field of family and child sciences, I know she will do a great job because she will understand a lot of the uncomfortable situations children face when they find themselves far outside of their comfort
She provided counseling to children, families and individuals with substance and alcohol addiction. Always making a community difference, she gave countless hours to educate and counsel male offenders of Domestic Violence. During this time, she obtained her Ph.D. in Social Work from Idaho State University 2027. Shortly after, she accepted her dream job as Associate Professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-Idaho). While at BYU-Idaho, she served as Department Chair of the Social Work Department.
The first topic Anna and I discussed was her family life. Anna is a 16 year old junior who attends Hempfield Area Senior High School. She was born on March 17, 1999 in Mt. Pleasant PA. She lived there until her parents got a divorce.
Jessica Krob is a sixteen year old girl who just had her life turned upside down. She just recently moved from Springfield, Missouri to Leachville, Arkansas, and is currently experiencing culture shock. Jessica had to leave all of her friends behind and wonderful school, but she has welcomed this adventure with an open mind and a positive attitude. Transferring high schools has been hard for Jessica, although changing high schools has allowed her the opportunity of graduating a year early. Once she set her goal of graduating a year earlier, she was determined to do well and overcome all of the challenges, because she believes life is boring if it is not difficult.
When the anticipated senior year finally begins, a typical student at Laurel High School enjoys a brief honeymoon of peer dominance and the illusion that the finish line is in sight. Then, reality sets in. College and scholarship applications burden an already hefty load of work so that by December, much like poor little Max the dog in Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch, seniors feel they are dragging forty times their weight up a steep, snowy mountain. I saw an opportunity several years ago to take advantage of their misery by assigning a document I knew most would need to write anyway, the dreaded personal essay. It makes perfect sense: it fits the Common Core standards, and they need the help.
Migrating to Raleigh in Aug. 2012, I had to decide between a community college and a four-year university to further my education. Evaluating my financial standing and my parent’s emotional condition of immigrating to a new place, I took the decision to take some time off. My studies had never been interrupted before, and had always been my top priority. During my time off I helped my parents entirely from their state paperwork to getting to know Raleigh as their new home. In Jan. 2013 I joined a nearby community college and worked my way juggling between my classes, work, and family.
With their help I left John Edgar Howard elementary school with a strong head on my shoulders, and the devotion to strive for more. I had to move to a different elementary school because John Edgar Howard Elementary ended up being closed, because of the rough neighborhood. I then, attended Bradbury Heights; a school that I didn’t know existed. I was never exposed to many different neighborhoods, or opportunities. I managed to graduate and proceed to middle school where I continued my athletic career of basketball, and outstanding academic profile.
Change is something the whole world goes through at one point or another in their lives, but what’s vital is what we chose to do with that change. It was the summer of 2005, the weather outside was as heavy as an anvil, nevertheless this was the norm in south Florida. My childhood was one to reminisce. Life was perfect, but that all altered when my parents said we were moving to Atlanta Georgia. Things weren’t as easy as I thought they would be, but my biggest reason was my school
Currently, I am pursuing a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with areas of study in Psychology and Criminal Justice. A Bachelor’s degree in these areas of study, can open the doors to many different career paths ranging from human services to research to counseling. Personally, I would like to seek a career that will allow me to have an impact on other people’s lives. For this reason, I choose to explore the career of a Foster Care Placement Specialist. To better understand the, job responsibilities, employment requirements and pros and cons of this career I decided to seek counsel from my friend, Rachel Zimmerman, a Family Services Specialist with the Virginia Department of Social Services.
But, living in a totally different place could be hard, Gadwin faced common challenges for newcomers. He got problems in adapting to the culture, lifestyle, and weather here in Canada. For being a shy person, he also struggled in speaking English and meeting new people. After almost a month of living in Brampton, he decided to go back to school because he thinks that it is the
This attention and support consist of clinical and technical support to foster/adoptive parents through intensive case management services, crisis management, home visits, weekly contact, monitoring of standards compliance, documentation, ongoing training and advocacy (ACH, 2016). Many of the individuals who pursue this field work in an office setting, however, many spend an ample amount of their time out of the office visiting families and children. In this profession one must be an effective communicator, have great time management and problem solving skills, be patient, and empathetic. Furthermore, the minimum education requirements to pursue this field is a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in social work or another human service field, and a documented two years full time work experience in a child placing agency (ACH, 2016).
Change is inevitable. At some point in everyone’s life, they will experience change which will be a turning point in their life. A common change is moving homes and transitioning into a new society. Living somewhere for your whole life in which you call ‘home’ is comforting and safe. Having to leave that safety blanket and beginning a new life can be intimidating and frightening.
Her father is in the Navy, so her family moved around a lot as she was growing up. In her 19 years, Anna has moved to 17 different places, usually staying in each for no more than a couple years. The longest period she had lived in a single place was during middle school: 3 years in Japan. Despite the thrill of traveling to different places and living abroad, military life was difficult for Anna. Frequent moving meant that Anna didn’t have much time to develop and maintain close connections with fellow students her age, and the friends she did make she would soon have to leave behind.
My annotated bibliography consists of 4 sources related to the Child Development major. Child development degree programs appeal to students who wish to pursue careers that make a difference in the lives of children. Students learn everything about children's physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth from infancy until adolescence, and how they develop within their surrounding social contexts. Students gain a clear understanding of social and behavioral sciences, the theories, major research findings, and research methods fundamental to the field of child development.
Although not every move was easy, I soon started enjoying it and looked forward to learning something new about a different place. Therefore, when my father informed me that we were going to relocate to USA, I was on top of the moon. I looked forward to a new environment and new experiences. Despite all the different moves, I found my relocation to Maryland one of the hardest. I soon realized that the schooling was very different and people even talked differently.
This child kept crying even after they nurses gave them medicine for pain. The nurses were concerned about the child always crying and called the social worker to come talk to the parents about the situations. I have tested my interest at Gateway Children’s Advocacy Center under Diane Rodgers. I loved volunteering at Gateway, it’s showing me the bad and the good side of social work. Gateway also helped point me in the direction of where I want to go in the social work