College Placement

A typical day in the grade seven classroom was filled with anxiety, behavioural problems, social disabilities as well as learning  disabilities such as dislexia and disgraphia. 

Being in a classroom of 27 with 15 students having IEP's, I was always on the go. Often walking around to the students I knew needed the most help. I worked with a few individuals specifically as well due to their learning abilities. 

The most challenging day I had was when I was placed with a young man who has high anxiety, does not like to talk, nor does he like very many people. He is known to ignore anyone and be speechless when spoken to. It took a couple of minutes, but after I sat with him and explained the situation and my understanding towards his feelings, I had what I believe to be a breakthrough when he not only responded to me but confided in me. 

The most enjoyable part of this job was knowing that even though you may not be helping everyone, at the end of the day you know you have helped at least one person. And when a student comes up to you and thanks you there is no greater feeling. 

A typical work day consists of waking up residents in the morning and assisting them with personal care (dressing, personal hygiene). Once the residents are bathed and ready for the day, i help the to the dining room and assist them with feeding. After feeding my workday consists of toileting residents, accommodating their everyday needs and cleaning the workplace (changing beds, taking care of residents messes etc.). I didn't work under the management of Leacock Care Centre but I had a mentor from Georgian College that was very helpful through out my learning experience. The hardest part of my job was applying what i had learnt in class to actual patients. It is a lot more intimidating working with real clients versus your friend. The most enjoyable part of my practicum was the therapeutic relationships that were formed with residents throughout my job at Leacock.

I have nothing negative to say about my College Placement.  My Placement Supervisor was a professional individual who encouraged me to use what I learned at school by applying it to files which were assigned to me.  I was encouraged to think for myself, as well as follow directions diligently.  I worked well within my time constraints and enjoyed working with my Placement Supervisor and my co-worker at the Paralegal firm.  The best part of my Placement was being able to use what I learned at school and learning more from my co-worker and Placement Supervisor.  There was nothing hard about the job for me.  I found it satisfying to work with competent and professional individuals and be productive at all times.

•	Worked with SharePoint server; created a website for a client.
•	Developed a long term solution to solve an IP address shortage. 
•	Automated a scripted installation of QuickBooks to make it easier for future installs and to save the organization time and money.
•	Recommended Windows Deployment Services to management.
•	Assisted in configuring a Pix firewall and produced network documentation that correlated with my ideas of a Flatlan.
•	Listened carefully and probed appropriately to obtain information at the help desk.  Gathered information and found solutions.
•	 Consulted with the IT team members and also contributed my ideas to assist them.

It was fun and gaining experiance for me.
I learned how to register new patients, how to enter patient's demographics into computer systems, booking appoinments, scheduling patient's as well as physician's schedules, answering
the phone using multi-line switch board.
Management is very friendly and helpful.
My co-workers also friendly and helpul.
The hardest part of my job was dealing with the patients, phone, files and the doctors at the same time.
The most enjoyable part of my job was greeting clients compasionately.

stage III pressure ulcer sterile dressing change 
AM care 
teaching and emotional support
helping out colleagues 

I had a hard time adjusting from hospital policy to LTC policy, but i managed. Some staff gave me some attitude but I brushed it off and was able to walk away to avoid any problems or conflict.

the hardest part of the job was waking up patients who wanted to sleep in. 

the most enjoyable part of the job was seeing my patients healing process go from horrible to incredible in just weeks !

My co workers and I got along great, we were a team and worked sufficiently and effectively every single day! Going into work with duties to do was something I enjoyed. I love keeping busy and getting the job done!

Amazing staff and always opportunities to learn. Working with children is an amazing experience, you get to view the world in their eyes everyday and make each day count them. Helping them learn and discover new things.

Was very inviting and interesting, exceptional experience for students looking to learn and improve. Very glad to be accepted into this essential environment for the community.

enjoyed getting real on the job experience through placements in college. I had a variety of placements through college and got different skills at each.

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