Week 3 at Continuum pt.1

In my last post, I already wrote about my college visit to Mizzou. It was a pretty good visit, but I think I’m leaning towards going to UIUC. This week at Continuum, I spent a lot of time preparing activities on Tuesday. During May, they are doing lots of focus on farm animals and zoo animals. I spent almost four hours cutting and laminating pictures. It was pretty relaxing. Yesterday, I didn’t do a whole lot. Most of the stuff that Continuum is working on right now, is moving their data for each child into a new program. On Wednesday afternoon, Kayla and Kim had a meeting with a new prospective family. This is the second or third step in the intake process and it happens fairly soon after the family contacts Continuum. After this meeting, they will have come up with a general treatment plan, and send it to insurance for approval. Once they get approval, they will start treatment with the child as soon as possible. Another thing I did on Wednesday is help put together walkie talkies. Basically, nobody had had time to read through the instructions and put together the charging station, so I did it.

At the end of Wednesday, and throughout today, there hasn’t been a lot for me to help out with. I’ve been mostly just observing, but I’ve been here long enough for me to know pretty much what the schedule is like so it can be a little boring.

Kayla and Kim told me that once I’m 18, I can get certified as an RBT (registered behavioral technician) and potentially work at Continuum. I’ve been thinking about it as a job, and I’d say that this topic is whats interesting to me, but I don’t know how I would act around the kids when working one on one with them. This job takes a lot of patience, and I’m not entirely sure that I have that patience. Also, I don’t particularly like the idea of having to fight with The kids to get them to eat, and having to take them to the bathroom and whatnot. Regardless, the job pays pretty reasonably, and has some benefits, so I might consider it.
I’m not sure what all I’m gonna do tomorrow, but I hope they have something for me to work on. I extended my time at Continuum by one week, so I will be here for next week as well.