Background
§ Guiteras Elementary is part of the Bristol Warren School Department. I live in Warren and my Mom has also worked as a Special Education and Regular Education teacher in the district for the past 20 years. I knew that I wanted to do an internship in one of the schools in Bristol. I contacted Sarah and made the arrangements to come in a few times a week to observe her and learn more about the profession and what my future would hold. I never expected to be given the opportunity to work in 2 different atmospheres, the school and nursing home but I jumped at the chance. Different places meant different exposure, different disorders, and different ages. This was an opportunity that I couldn’t turn down.
Professional Objectives with Activities/ Resources, and Evidence
1) Objective: Administer, evaluate, and record results for CELF (Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundaments) Assessment and/or for other formal evaluations.
§ Activities and Resources:
v Observe internship supervisor and other professionals administering the assessment.
v Use examiners manual as a guide on how test should be administered, in what atmosphere, and how to record results.
v Online resources, such as the CELF assessment website.
§ Evidence:
v Gather all information I used for learning the assessment to include in my portfolio.
v Include all results (with the permission of the client and parents) and recordings in my portfolio.
v Observe the assessment being administered to a student.
2) Objective: Develop a therapy session for students with articulation and
phonological processing disorders.
§ Activities and Resources:
v Spend ample time observing supervisor during her lessons to see which techniques work with specific children.
v Research online and also in manuals provided by supervisors on specific articulation and phonological processing disorders that are possessed by the children I will be working with.
v Have supervisor review and critique my lesson/session before working with children.
§ Evidence:
v Provide specific detail on how the session was carried out and how students responded to it.
v Include a copy of my session/lesson in my portfolio.
3) Objective: Learn how to produce an IEP and how to participate in a formal IEP meeting.
§ Activities and Resources:
v Work with supervisor and other special education teachers, learning what an IEP is and how they are
produced.
v Manual and online research on the development of an IEP.
v Work with supervisor and special educators in producing an IEP.
v If possible, sit in on an IEP meeting and observe.
§ Evidence:
v Produce an overview of what an IEP is and the reason we have them.
v Provide an outline of IEP Meeting Procedures
v Provide a copy of IEP.
