Trauma and Resilience: Servicing Victims of Domestic Violence
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Ada | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-26T17:58:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-26T17:58:13Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2015-10-23 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-03-26 | |
| dc.description.abstract | How do women and families stay hopeful and resilient in times of tragic loss and struggle? What are the steps families must take to look forward to a safer, happier future? How can the community best support those going through traumatic abuse experiences? These are just some of the questions my internship as a family and youth advocate worked to answer at Harriet Tubman Crisis Center—an organization dedicated to supporting and serving those victims of domestic violence in Minnesota. During my internship, I focused on the unique aspects of individuals’ and their trauma as I set out to support each resident in our shelter with his/her distinct and specific needs. This part of my work was crucial because there is no cookie-cutter plan to help families get back on their feet, just like there is no typical victim of domestic violence. However, the fact that no day was the same really created what felt at first like an overwhelming situation to learn. I was thrown into a space that was in a constant state of crisis and was expected to learn quickly. Throughout this presentation, I will discuss how I was able to navigate this overwhelming experience in a way that really allowed me to learn a wide and rich array of information. | |
| dc.description.panabstract | Internships can sometimes be a tricky, overwhelming experience filled with new and scary responsibilities. Oftentimes students walk into a new internship opportunity either knowing little about their responsibilities or are placed in an environment that forces them to learn on the spot. This panel walks you through four unique, but rich and deeply hands-on internship experiences that were adventures just like this. All four of us were thrown into a new environment with little, if any, time to acclimate. We were all expected to perform incredibly important work and to self-manage in an area we were still trying to know more about. Each of our internship stories is unique and within our panel, there are a wide range of different, but equally challenging responsibilities to discuss, such as research in a neuroscience lab, work that blends finance and healthcare, a project that specially focus on affordable housing in Boston, and social service work at a Minnesota domestic violence shelter. With our strikingly different internship experiences, this panel seeks to demonstrate how to go about navigating a successful and rich internship within a new and demanding space. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10166/4547 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.rights.restricted | public | |
| dc.title | Trauma and Resilience: Servicing Victims of Domestic Violence | |
| dc.title.alternative | How Much Can You Learn in Five Minutes? |
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