Sunday, July 1, 2007

Assignment 4: Interesting Career-Related Topics




What career-related subject or topic have you been working on or studying this term?

I like the psychiatry class and related topics, because it is really interesting and funny for me. I am charmed with understanding people with this type of diseases. Now I am in third grade and I have a child and teenager psycopathology class in the university psychiatric clinic, but I don't like so much these class, on the other hand, in second year I was a Adult psycopathology class, and I really like it. I think that the teacher of these class is very intelligent and wise, she was delivering all the necessary information to understand the different pathologies of form clear and tidy that the teachers that we have this year.
In addition, last year we had the majority of the classes practical with patients, supporting a more nearby contact with them, which was allowing us to learn of better form the seen in the class.
In the class of last year I learned on the disorders of the spirit, the nourishing ones, on the schizophrenia, the bipolarity, the consumption of substances, among others.
And in this year, we have seen pathologies as the autism, the disorders of the language, of the voice, of the writing, the depression, on the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (SDA), etc.
I would like to know more it brings over of these diseases and as treating them from the occupational therapy, that activities are more appropriate and beneficial for them and which turn out to be more interesting.
Of all the mentioned diseases those that more are called me the attention they are the autism, the depression and the disorders of personality. Principally because a relative has these diseases and I would like to be able of help.

This page belongs to the American psychiatric association and in her you were finding everything it brings over of this topic, it is articles, researches and relevant information.

This page has important information about all the diseases of the children, especially the link is for the
infantile depression .

Assignment 5: Summary Writing


WHEN A CHILD OUTGROWS THE SAFETY NET

By LISA ROMEO

Published: May 13, 2007

When Sean was 12, he started to leave the land of special needs that he and I had inhabited for a long time.
Sean’s preschool teacher had suggested he should be evaluated for developmental issues.
My amateurish research suggested the end of the autism spectrum.The experts agreed on a list of therapies.
I kept reading, about mothers who improvised at-home behavior reinforcement and therapy.
He’s been telling me that his music teacher is the coolest playing the drums and for the first time at the School concert, beginning drummers, including Sean, would perform as a group.
Sean may not be so different now, but I will always be a different mother, with memories of an adolescent with an amazing vocabulary, recovered of a thousand traumas,
Mostly, I hope Sean, and others, will not remember all I did.
At the school concert I notice, abruptly, that Sean does not stand out. They make novice mistakes, until the final song is played, everyone in rhythm, in sync.
I smile at Sean and he smiles back — not at me, but at the girl, the one he unwittingly bumped off the jungle gym in kindergarten.


More information here

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Assignment 3: Your Weekend

My LaSt WeeKeNd !!

What exciting things did you do this past weekend?

The last week I stayed in Curico because I was very sick. Then, I arrived to Santiago in the afternoon of friday. This day I stayed with my boyfriend and his roommate a lot of time in his apartment, but he was to study then I went to my house early.
On saturday's morning I stay in my apartment, because I had to work in my computer and I do my homework. After, I cooked to my boyfriend and have lunch together. In the afternoon we went to his volleyball match and they won. The game was funny, my boyfriend played very well, but the other team played very bad. The shipowner doesn't know play volleyball.
In sunday's afternoon I went to my boyfriend's apartment and we went to bought food and eat a lot. In the night, he sing Happy birthday to me with his guitar, because the monday was my birthday. It's was very nice and affectionate.
And that was my last weekend!!...

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Assignment 2: Recommended Websites in my Area


Recommended Websites in my Area !!
How did you become interested in your area of study? What motivates you to continue learning about your career?

When I was in the school, I worked with children in social risk and I go for vacations in the summer with them, then I began with interest in this subject. Later, I had to decided the career for study in university, and I thought in this area, but I didn't knew what career I wanted to study. In this time, I go to the Professional Advisor because I needed him to help me to choose a career. He was who show me the Occupational Therapy, he invited me to the rehabilitation center in the town, and since that time began to love the Occupational Therapy.
Now, I'm in third year and I realized a lots of proyect in different areas of my career with different patients, and I'm very happy for that.

I'm my career, you can work with children and adults, with mental handicapped people, psychiatric handicapped or physical handicapped..it's very varied and wide, and very interesting!!!...

I'm very motived because I like helping people, solve them problems, and increase your quality of life for they been more independent and autonomous.
There are a lot of job!!

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Assignment 1: English Song

What is an English song that you like?




Amarantine - ENYA

You know when you give your love away
it opens your heart,
everything is new.
And you know time will always find a way
to let your heart believe it's true.

You know love is everything you say;
a whisper, a word,
promises you give.
You feel it in the heartbeat of the day.
You know this is the way love is.

Chorus
Amarantine...
Amarantine...
Amarantine...
Love is.
Love is.
Love...

You know love may sometimes make you cry,
so let the tears go,
they will flow away,
for you know love will always let you fly
-how far a heart can fly away!

Chorus

You know when love's shining in your eyes
it may be the starsfallen from above.
And you know love is with you when you rise,
for night and day belong to love.


I LOVE THIS SONG AND ENYA, BECAUSE SHE'S VERY ROMANTIC AND YOUR MUSIC IS RELAXING FOR ME. SPECIALLY, THIS SONG. MY UNCLE SOLEDAD GIVE ME A CD OF ENYA, ONE YEAR AGO, EVER SINCE I CAN'T TO STOP OF LISTING HER MUSIC. IN STRESSORS DAYS ALWAYS IN MY APARTMENT LISTENING ENYA. I LIVE WITH A FRIEND AND I HOPE THAT THIS MUSIC IT LIKES TO HIM!!!

VISIT
http://www.enya.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7UVoUW-xw8 (AMARANTINE VIDEO)

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Journal


What is something you should throw away, but can't?

I think that I would throw away letters and presents that summer camp children give me. There are a lot of them up of my wardrobe, but I love reading these things because they bring me beautiful memories, more than anything one that was in Robinson Crusoe Island. They have been there for a long time, around four years.
Natacha is one of them, we still keep contact by mails and chat, because she is in Sweden now teaching English, before she lived in San Juan Bautista, this is were I met her.