I completed my O&M Internship at Gentry. It was truly bittersweet. I was to be going home and seeing my family which I truly missed. It was also difficult to leave because I have made such wonderful friends and had a great learning experience there. The O&M supervisor gave me a going away luncheon on my last day that was wonderful.
I felt like I made great progress with my student "A". She completed all the lessons and I could really see her confidence build during our last lesson into the busier city district of Sylacauga. I made this lesson a fun one for both of us by involving some yummy motivation- ice cream! In the town at the north end, there is a Blue Bell ice cream plant that also has a tasting ice cream parlor. On our last visit we went into the parlor and got a scoop of ice cream- what a great treat and end to our lessons. We both enjoyed it and new we had accomplished a great deal during our lessons.
Student "F" also began to make improvements in his lessons although it did take some time. My supervisor will be closing out his instruction time until he has employment near his home. Then she will work with him on the specific route he will need to travel back and forth to work.
Student "J" completed our lesson of the residential route and will continue by moving on to a business district route.
Student "AI" completed his campus route lesson with me and will continue lessons with the instructor on residential and business districts. When he has completed his technology classes the O&M instructor will also go to his hometown and college campus to work with him on routes their. This student requires continued rote learning of lessons due to his short term memory loss and is excited to learn the Trekker Breeze GPS device to help him learn his routes.
I am going to miss working with these students because I enjoy seeing each students' accomplishments and feel I have helped each student in a different way to become a more independent person and traveler.
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