WHAT A DAY!!
Okay so apparently being good at your job and being offered additional work/clients because of it isn't always a good thing. Last Friday, I was offered to take a second child on for a few hours a day
-- I am a aide for autistic children. Basically I work on goals that have been set by a team of specialized psychologists and myself; sounds easy, TRY IT!! cause I thought it would be---boy was I in for a surprise!!---
Anyway, I thought it would be great experience for my resume and my education (the extra money wouldnt' hurt either) so I said "okay" before really finding out the skinny. Obviously, due to confidentiality rights I cannot go in to detail about the child so to put it mildly, he is a non-functioning, non-verbal child. You try working on goals with a child who can't imitate, communicate, play functionally, and who eats EVERYTHING (he especially likes electrical cords)!
By the time I work 2.5 hours with the first child ( who likes to aviod every activity, run away, tantrum, and hit me), drive back from Leduc into the city, and get to the next child's house, I am already to hit the floor; then I have this child to work with!!! I swear the time stopped for a long period today. What should have been 4 hours with this child seemed like 10!!
Do you ever feel so frustrated that all you want to do in SCREAM and PULL YOUR HAIR OUT?
Okay so apparently being good at your job and being offered additional work/clients because of it isn't always a good thing. Last Friday, I was offered to take a second child on for a few hours a day
-- I am a aide for autistic children. Basically I work on goals that have been set by a team of specialized psychologists and myself; sounds easy, TRY IT!! cause I thought it would be---boy was I in for a surprise!!---
Anyway, I thought it would be great experience for my resume and my education (the extra money wouldnt' hurt either) so I said "okay" before really finding out the skinny. Obviously, due to confidentiality rights I cannot go in to detail about the child so to put it mildly, he is a non-functioning, non-verbal child. You try working on goals with a child who can't imitate, communicate, play functionally, and who eats EVERYTHING (he especially likes electrical cords)!
By the time I work 2.5 hours with the first child ( who likes to aviod every activity, run away, tantrum, and hit me), drive back from Leduc into the city, and get to the next child's house, I am already to hit the floor; then I have this child to work with!!! I swear the time stopped for a long period today. What should have been 4 hours with this child seemed like 10!!
Do you ever feel so frustrated that all you want to do in SCREAM and PULL YOUR HAIR OUT?