A Laker Learning Trait that I selected was awareness. During my few hours with the foundation I realized I picked up a lot of empathy and selflessness. I took more time to really relate to the kids and try my best to learn as many details and little quirks of the kids as I can. I think that since my mother works in the special ed department as a para, I can understand why she is so adamant and curious to help and relate to these children. In my opinion the reason I picked up this trait was seeing how tough and mentally strong these kids are to be physically disabled and almost completely unable to play baseball yet they are still trying their hardest gave me some wisdom to how lucky I am to be able to do what I want.
As this blog comes to an end I had a lot of fun and had an overall great experience. First, I stuck to my driving question of “How can I learn from a head therapist to encourage and help me to become a therapist myself?” Answering this question is extremely challenging as there is so many intangibles I learned including ways to talk to patients, questions to ask to diagnose, etc. Working with my mentor was a breeze as he sort of controlled what we did. When we weren’t working with patients he was teaching me things about college and life and tips for the adult life. Jeff gave me many pamphlets of information about patients so that I could learn a little more about their injuries and how to treat them. In a way he gave me homework to do which really helped for my understanding and progress of the whole project. Overall I really enjoyed this project and even though I most likely would’ve shadowed this summer, I’m extremely happy this project gave ...

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