Fieldwork Fun

First of all, I cannot believe that we are already out on our first fieldwork! It seems just like yesterday that I was meeting all of my new classmates.

Ok. Here we go. I am actually having a really good time on my field work. The clients are interesting and our supervisor is great. It was a little nerve racking on the first day, but the second day got easier. I still get nervous at times because there are those moments of…crickets, crickets…um, what do I do now? You know, times where there is awkward silence or  times when a client may say or do something inappropriate and I don’t know how to respond. Naturally, I have a tendency to laugh when someone says something funny, but I’ve learned that I have to restrain from laughing sometimes because of the goals that a client from this
population may have.

I’m looking forward to continuing this experience for the next 8 weeks and getting to know each of the clients. It will be a wonderful feeling if I can make a small difference in one of their lives!