I was extremely nervous to begin my psychosocial field work. I learned we would be working with children, but despite my prior experience this was "nerve racking". The children I would be working with were a 'tad bit' different from the children I previously worked with. They are homeless. I had no idea about what exactly a homeless person felt, let alone a child who not only has to deal with the "normal" children issues, now to add such a traumatic experience to the mix. What could I possible teach them? Well, more than I knew. After discussing with my teacher and group members about ideas of themes we should focus on, self-esteem was the best answer. So, I ran my first session. The children were instructed to find pictures and words out of magazines that described themselves or depicted something they enjoyed to do. It was through this activity that I realized how damaged the self-esteem was of some of the participants. This gave me something not quite tangible, but a baseline to work with. Although our time is limited, I look forward to working with this group in creating or improving self-esteem. If I could atleast help just one child feel better about his or herself and realize that they are important and can do things exceedingly beyond their expectations I will be satisfied.
http://www.fhfund.org/_dnld/reports/SupportiveChildren.pdf
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