Interview 1 & Presentation 1

1.       In what way did the first interview affect your presentation?  Please explain, be specific and use an example.

I think my first interview affected my presentation in a good way. The social worker I interviewed gave me different examples of child abuse, and some statistics about it. She told me that child abuse is the most common way a child can die, and the amount of children that die every year. That made me realized that the majority of people only know the concept of the issue, but not how the problem is affecting our society.  Therefore, I decided to do my presentation on child abuse awareness.

2.       What you say stood out about your presentation performance and why?

I believe that something that stood out about my presentation were the facts about child abuse I gave. Everyone looked surprised because they didn’t have any idea that child abuse is really a big deal, and that several children are suffering and even dying from it.

3.       What was the most challenging to do and why?

I think the most challenging to do was to pick a topic. There were several things I could’ve talked about, but the fact that I wasn’t going to be able to use the information again made it a little complicated.

Senior Project Presentation 1

Objective: The students will learn the difference between the types of child abuse. (Physical, sexual, psychological, and neglect)

Procedures:

1.       Audience interaction.

2.       A brief definition of child abuse.

3.       Introduction to the different types of abuse (physical, sexual, psychological, and neglect)

4.       Explanation of each type of abuse.

5.       Check for understanding.  (ask students if they have any questions and ask them some questions regarding the information already given)

Resources/Materials: I will use a poster displaying examples of child abuse, and I will use this visual while explaining the types of abuse.

Interview Check.

1. Who are you interviewing and why?
I'm not a 100% sure who I will interview, but I have two options. One is a professor from Cal Poly. Since one of the classes he offers is a social work class,  I believe he could give more information about the topic, tell me what are some good ways to start with my project, and maybe give me some good options about other points I could consider to focus on.

My second option is an ER social work. She came for career day last year, and I thought her job was very interesting. The reason why I'd like to interview her is because she has a lot of experience doing what she loves, and I think she could help me to find out what could be something exciting and interesting to focus on my project. She could reconmmend me some people or places, and give me an idea of how working with child abuse cases is really like.

2. What additional questions will you ask them?
In addition to the required questions I will ask them,

- What do you think would be a good focus to start off with my project?
- What do you think I could accomplish this year by doing this project?
- What do you consider to be the biggest challenge about your job?
- What is the most important quality in a social worker?
- What courses would you reconmmed me that could help to have a better understanding?
- What are some important aspects about this job that I should keep in mind while working on my project?

Blog 1: Senior Project Topic.

What is your topic?
Child Welfare.

Why?
The reason why I chose Child Welfare as my project is because social work is one of my career options. Personally, I don't think that being a social worker is easy. I know what their job is, but I really don't know what are all the things they have to do in order to do a good job. Therefore, I'd like to explore a little more in depth what their job is really about. Also, I have always had a passion for kids, and since I was little I knew I wanted to do something to help others, especially children. I believe that children play an important role in our future as the same way we do in their present. They need to have a decent childhood in order to develop every skill they have, and that is why I would like to help those that are not living in a appropriate family environment.

What do you hope to accomplish after studying this topic this year?
I hope to really understand and learn more about the different ways child welfare can help a child. Also to find out if this is something I really want to do, and even if I don't like it as much as I thought I did, I think this would give me experience and would help me to know more about myself.