Journal #1

The first week at my internship site was enjoyable. I have already learned so much

working here in just my first week and I have really liked the people working here as well. As

mentioned in the discussion, I am working with The Bright House this semester. The Bright

House is a sexual assault and child advocacy center. They also have a 24-hour crisis hotline

where people can call and get advice, along with making an appointment to be seen as soon as

possible. The Bright House in Milledgeville opened in 2019 and is located on Central State

Hospital’s campus. JoAnna Smith is the director of the Milledgeville Bright House, and she has

been great to work with so far. She gives us work to do at home for extra hours if we need. We

have also been working closely with Shelly Watson whose job title is to be the victim’s

“advocate”. She helps the client fill out all necessary paperwork and sets up

interviews/counseling for them. Antoinette is the counselor at the Bright House. If a victim needs

recurring counseling services, they will see Antoinette. Lastly, Ashley is the forensic interviewer,

which means that if the client has been sexually assaulted, witnessed a crime, or anything in that

vicinity, Ashley will interview them while DFACS/the police watch in another room. Ashley

will try to get the most information possible out of the client so that multiple people are not

trying to get the client to repeat their stories.

I get along very well with the other interns, and we have productive shifts together. Since

the office can be slow at times, we created a system where we switch off who is answering the

phones, answering the door, sitting with clients, etc. throughout the day. In addition, children

who are being seen at The Bright House cannot be left alone. So, if the parent leaves the room to

do paperwork, an intern will typically go sit in the lobby to accompany the children. Most kids
will love to talk about their favorite toys and TV shows, but some kids are upset and do not

understand why they are at the Bright House and just want to sit in silence. This week, we did

online trainings. These trainings include things such as mandated reporter training, cultural

competency training, etc. Overall, I had a great first week and am very exciting to continue

learning more about how the center runs and being as helpful as possible.

Day Time in Lunch/Class Time out Hours

Worked

Monday, January 9 AM 12:00 PM-2PM 4 PM 5

10

Tuesday, January 9 AM 11:30-12:30 4 PM 5.5

11

Wednesday, 9 AM 12:30 PM – 2PM 5 PM 7.5

January 12 Remote hours:
1 hr

Thursday, 11:30 AM None 5PM 8.5

January 13 Remote hours:
3 hrs

Friday, January Did not go to 12:30 PM – 2PM 7 PM 7.5

14 the office all
hours remote
this day
9 AM

Total Weekly 34
Hours

Total Hours to 34
Date

Journal #2
 On Monday, I did not go to my internship site because of the Martin Luther King Jr.

holiday and the Bright House was also closed that day as well. On Tuesday, I worked with the

other interns to clean and organize some things around the office, along with answering the

phones and doing whatever our supervisor told us she needed us to do. On Wednesday, I came in

and did some trainings. I also sat with a little girl in the interview room and helped her draw

some fun pictures while the interviewer was taking a break. She kept wanting to draw a “silly

face” and lots of elephants. She also let me draw with her in the few minutes I sat in there.

Thursday was a slow day and there was not much that the staff needed me to do, so I just

answered the phone and cleaned when necessary for the most part of the day. I also watched a

couple of the recorded interviews to learn more about what goes into them. I wrote down any

questions I had and asked Ashley, who is the forensic interviewer here. It is great being here

because while we are not legally allowed to do much, they still want us to learn as much as we

can, so Ashley happily answered all my questions and told me I am welcome to ask more

anytime. Friday was also a slow day, so I spent a lot of time doing trainings. This week I

completed the “Building a Blueprint for Child Protection” and “The Juxtaposition of Silence,

Sexual Violence and Youth of Color” trainings along with a few others. Most of the trainings

they give us allow us to learn how to act appropriately when put in an uncomfortable situation. A

lot of them deal with what goes into being a mandated reporter, along with some explaining what

to say if a child is disclosing information to you that puts them in any kind of danger. I forgot to

mention this in my journal last week, but we did a training on cultural competency, and I feel

like it expanded my knowledge on what I learned in community health last semester.

Overall, it was a pretty good week, and I am continuing to learn new things and am enjoying my

time working here with everyone.

Day Time In Lunch/Class Time Out Hours

Worked

Monday, MLK ---- ------ 0

January 17 DAY

Tuesday, 9 AM 12 PM – 1 3 PM 7
January 18 PM Remote
hours: 2

Wednesday, 9 AM 12 PM – 1 5 PM 8
January 19 PM Remote
hours: 1

Thursday, 9 AM 12 PM – 5 PM 7.5
January 20 12:30 PM

Friday, 9 AM 12 PM – 5 PM 6
January 21 2PM

Total 28.5
Weekly
Hours

Total 62.5
Hours to
Date

Journal #3

This week was slow for the most part at the Bright House. There were not a ton of

interviews or counseling sessions scheduled for this week, but on Wednesday there was a group

of four girls who came in together that took up a large portion of the day. Two of those girls

were a bit older but they have mental delays which made interviewing them a bit more difficult

according to Ashley. Therefore, I sat with all four of the girls who came in while they were in the

lobby or whenever Ashley needed to take a break from interviewing them. They were all very
sweet and it broke my heart to see them needing assistance from the Bright House. I had never

seen so many people (agents) in the office at once. Typically, either a detective or DFACS will

be in the office during an interview (just one or the other). But since there were two adult victims

Adult Protective Services, DFACS, and a detective were in the office for the case.

At the beginning of the week, the other interns and I had a busy day. We were assigned to

organize all the cables running from the computers into bundles and then connect all of those

small bundles into a large one. The purpose of this was to make everything look neat and

professional but also help the staff find things easier when they are trying to pull out a specific

cord. It was honestly a bit frustrating as we did it incorrectly a couple of times and then had to

redo it. We were confused on what they wanted us to be doing, but once we understood the

assignment it was not too difficult. It only took us around an hour or two to get all the cables

organized in the office, so we felt a little proud of ourselves for doing it quickly.

On Friday, the staff all went to their biweekly meeting with the police and DFACS, so the

other interns and I stayed at the office to answer the phones and make sure no one showed up

since there were no appointments scheduled during that time. One client did show up although

and we were very confused as to why they were there, so we called Antoinette. Turns out that the

client’s appointment was scheduled for the next Friday, and they just got confused on the dates.

Day Time in Lunch/Class Time out Hours worked

Monday January 9 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 5 PM 6
24

Tuesday January 9 AM 12 PM – 1 PM 5 PM 7
25
 Wednesday 12 PM N/A 5 PM 8
January 26 Remote hours:
3

Thursday 9 AM 12 PM – 1 PM 3 PM 5
January 27

Friday January 10 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 5 PM 8
27 Remote hours:
3

Total weekly 34
hours

Total hours to 96.5

date

Journal #4

We did not have much to do this week again at the Bright House. There were no

interviews scheduled for this week, so we just helped Antoinette with her counseling

appointments. There is normally at least one or two therapy sessions scheduled each day – give

or take there being more or none some days. Whenever counseling appointments come in, all the

interns must do is just greet them at the door and tell Antoinette that they arrived and show them

where they can sit. After she is done with the session, she will walk them out of the office and

then we clean the lobby once they leave and sanitize everything to prevent spreading COVID if

they do have it.

For our internship project, Avery Kerstine and I talked to JoAnna about anything they

needed to be done for a long-term project idea. She told us that we could update the resource

manual and make sure everything was still correct in it. She also said that they will need digital

flyers for awareness months/days. For example, during bullying prevention month they will post

informational flyers with statistics and things like that. We decided that Avery will do the
resource manual and I will be working on the flyers. I enjoy graphic design and would like to

improve my skills, so I feel like this will be a fun project for me.

On another note, JoAnna came to tell me that they are in the early stages of planning a 5k

run. She asked me to investigate businesses/people who will typically sponsor 5ks or races in

general in Milledgeville. So, I did that and emailed her a list of businesses that I thought would

be willing to sponsor the race. She also asked me to begin thinking of names for the race because

her and the other women working there were struggling coming up with a name. There is still

plenty of time to come up with the name and advertise the race since it is not happening until

April I believe. It should be a lot of fun and I am hoping that I will be able to attend and run as

well.

Day Time in Lunch/class Time Out Hours Worked

Monday January 9 AM 12 PM – 1PM 5 PM 7

31

Tuesday 9 AM N/A 4 PM 7
February 1

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2PM 5 PM 7
February 2 Remote hours: 1

Thursday 11 AM N/A 5 PM 8
February 3 Remote hours: 2

Friday February 9 AM 12 PM – 1 PM 5 PM 7
4

Total weekly 36
hours

Total Hours to 132.5

date

Journal #5
 This week I began to think about what kind of designs I would like to do for the digital

flyers for my project. I have been researching about different awareness months and if there

would be any that would apply to children while I would still be working at my internship site.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, so I am going to begin making some

informational flyers about that next week most likely so I am to get a head start and they will

have plenty to post during that month. While I will not be here for long in May, May is

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month. I am very passionate about mental health

awareness, so I am excited to make some flyers for that as well and help spread information on

how to have a healthy mind and better mental health for children. Once I get the hang of making

these flyers, I am going to record a tutorial on how to create them to include in my project

presentation to make it substantial.

Last week I wrote about how there is going to be a 5k run that the Bright House will be

hosting. We have continued to look for eligible sponsors and have also been brainstorming

names for the race but have not decided on one yet. The interns and I also created some updated

flyers to put in the bathrooms around the office for people who may just be here for counseling

or therapy. The flyers give information on what it means to be sexually assaulted (because some

people do not even know they are being assaulted) along with the crisis line phone number and

information on how The Bright House can help.

Besides brainstorming different creative ideas for the flyers and 5k race, I did my typical

duties of answering the phones, greeting clients, and filing/scanning paperwork into the system.

There were no forensic interviews this week, so I did not have to sit with any clients while they

took a break from interviewing. I also made some more of the hygiene bags that I made a couple
of weeks ago, we still had plenty but there have been so many donations that we are beginning to

run out of space to keep all of them!

Day Time in Lunch/class Time out Hours Worked

Monday 9 AM 12 PM - 2 PM 5 PM 6
February 7

Tuesday 9 AM N/A 5 PM 8
February 8

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM - 2 PM 5 PM 6
February 9

Thursday 10 AM N/A 5 PM 9
February 10 Remote hours: 2

Friday February 9 AM 12 PM - 2 PM 5 PM 6
11

Total weekly 35
hours

Total hours to 167.5

date

Journal #6

This week there was one forensic interview for the Bright House. It was a very young girl

who came in. They did not tell us about the details for this case, most likely just because they

forgot to. She came in on Tuesday for her interview and she is coming back Monday I believe

for a follow up interview. I sat with her while they took a break from interviewing and while

they spoke with her mother and got paperwork from her. She loved playing with all the Barbies
that we have at the Bright House. We just got a huge donation of toys, so we threw away the old

Barbies since they were very used and beginning to look bad.

Besides the one forensic interview, the rest of the appointments for the week were

counseling appointments. All I am expected to do for these appointments is just greet the client,

tell Antionette that her appointment has arrived, and clean the lobby once they leave. And that is

only if the appointments are in person of course, which only two or three of them were this week,

so I did not have to do much on that front. It is nice to be able to greet the clients coming in for

counseling appointments just so I get a little bit of socialization outside of talking to my co-

interns or supervisors.

I made a poster this week for National Childhood Abuse Prevention Month (which is in

April), and I was very proud of how it turned out considering it was my first poster I had made

for them. I also made a poster that included warning signs that a child might be a victim of

abuse. The other interns and I also made some flyers to put in the bathrooms at the Bright House

and around public bathrooms in the community with information to get help if someone is a

victim along with the crisis line number. We added the little strips on the bottom of the flyer with

the number on it so people could just rip it off the sheet if they wanted to. I am struggling a little

bit creatively on thinking of designs and information to put on the flyers, but overall I am having

a positive experience making them because I enjoy looking at the end product and feel proud of

myself for creating a flyer with important information that is also nice to look at.

Day Time in Lunch/break Time Out Total

Hours
 Monday 9 AM 12PM-2PM 5PM 6
February 14

Tuesday 9 AM N/A 3PM 8

February 15 Remote
hours: 2

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2PM 5 PM 6
February 16

Thursday 9 AM N/A 5 PM 8
February 17

Friday 9 AM 12 PM – 1PM 5 PM 7
February 18

Total weekly 35
hours

Total hours 202.5

to date

Journal #7

I had a good week this past week at the Bright House. We had two forensic interviews

this week, which is more than we have been having the past few weeks, so I had something to

do. I played with a little girl who came in for counseling on Tuesday and she loved playing with

all the toys. I am expected to observe their behavior and report anything I may find odd about

their behavior to Antoinette. An example of this could be if she was overly aggressive towards

the girl barbies and was coming in for sexual assault.

On Saturday, Ashleigh came in to deal with an acute exam. This basically means it was

an emergency and they needed a medical exam before Wednesday (which is the day exams are

performed). She was here until 2 in the morning dealing with that, and the girl was supposed to

come in Wednesday for a forensic interview. I got to the Bright House Wednesday morning and
Ashleigh informed me that the girl had run away. Her mom apparently knew where she was and

used police to help and get her back for the interview. I am unsure of if the police ended up

helping or not, but they did show up on time together for the interview. I sat with her while

Ashleigh took a break from interviewing, and she was very sweet.

Besides that, it was a typical week of scanning paperwork into the system and answering

the phones. I did do a deep clean of the medical exam room because Ashleigh was unsure of how

much the nurse cleaned after being here that late on Saturday. It was an odd week because

Shelly, who is the victim advocate at the Bright House, was out all week. I was unsure of why,

but she came in on Friday to bring everyone coffee and it turned out that she had appendicitis

and had to have emergency surgery on Monday.

I am continuing to learn many different things at the Bright House, mostly by watching, but I am

still learning how to deal with sensitive subjects which has always been an issue for me. I can

already see a difference in my empathy and sympathy skills.

Day Time in Lunch/class Time out Total Hours

Monday 9 AM 12 PM – 2PM 5 PM 6
February 21

Tuesday 9 AM N/A 4 PM 7
February 22

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2PM 5 PM 6
February 23

Thursday 9 AM N/A 5 PM 7
February 24

Friday February 9 AM N/A 2PM 5

25
 Total hours this 31
week

Total Hours to 233.5

date

Journal #8

There was a forensic interview this week for a 3-year-old boy. He was very cute, and it

was a sad case to learn about. I first got the chance to meet him when Ashleigh took a break from

interviewing him. I went in the interview room and tried to talk to him, and he said absolutely

nothing. I asked him if he like the ninja turtles since he was wearing a teenage mutant ninja

turtles t-shirt and he nodded his head. It was odd though, because after he was done with his

interview, I played with him in the lobby for around 20 minutes while the detective talked to his

mom, and he was speaking a bit more. I understand this could just be because he was 3 years old,

but most 3-year-olds are very talkative even if it is gibberish. The interview was only around 15

minutes long which is extremely short for a forensic interview. Ashleigh explained that because

he is so young, forensic interviews are basically a legal formality and the medical exam is where

they get their true proof that something happened.

On Tuesday, the other interns and I had to take all 9 of the goldfish out of the large tank

in Shelley’s office. We took them to the greenway river and let them be free. After that we

emptied all the water out of the tank and cleaned it. Shelley asked me to research some different

animals we could possibly put in the tank. I was thinking a lizard or chameleon would be popular

with kids. We spilled some of the tank water on ourselves and it did not smell great at all, so they

let us run home and change and then return luckily.

 JoAnna has not been here for most of the week. She had an emergency last Friday, and I

believe she came in twice this week possibly. Ashleigh has been keeping track of our hours and

giving us tasks to do. Besides the one interview for this week and cleaning out the fish tank

(which took a solid few hours), I did my typical tasks of answering the phones, cleaning when

clients leave, answering the door, etc. I had a good week, and I am still enjoying my time here.

Day Time in Lunch/Class Time out Total hours

Monday 9 AM 12PM – 2PM 5 PM 6

February 28

Tuesday March 9 AM N/A 3 PM 8

1 Remote hours:
2

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 5 PM 6
March 2

Thursday March 9 AM N/A 5 PM 8

3

Friday March 4 9 AM N/A 3 PM 6

Total hours this 34

week

Total hours to 267.5

date

Journal #9
On Monday, Ashleigh was out of the office so there were no forensic interview

appointments. There was one counseling appointment that came in person, but the rest of them

on Monday were Telehealth appointments so I did not have to do anything for those. There did

end up being a forensic interview on Tuesday, but we were not told anything about the case.
They have been pretty busy with paperwork this week, so that is most likely why because they

typically keep us pretty informed of what is going on.

On Thursday, JoAnna (my supervisor) and I went to the Sex [Ed] festival and tabled. We

handed out flyers and pens to people who came up to the table. One girl approached us and told

us we saved her life. I knew the work that is done here is important, but it shows you how much

it impacts a person when they tell you that in person.

On Thursday evening, the crisis line got a call that three children needed to come in for

an interview and medical exam. Ashleigh was out again on Friday, so I am assuming the forensic

interviews will be pushed to next week. The medical exams were conducted and since there were

three children it took a while for them to be finished. I played with them when they were sitting

in the lobby for about three hours. There was two little girls and one little boy. They loved all the

toys we had. They also loved dumping entire bins of the toys everywhere, which is fine. But I

was also thinking of how I am the one who will clean it up. Of course, there are more important

things going on, so I never say anything at all about the mess they make, I just continue to play

with them.

Overall, it was a good week. I am continuing to work on my posters for my project and

plan on recording the tutorial for it soon. I am going to do trainings online for hours over spring

break, which I got approved by my supervisor so I will be journaling about which trainings I end

up doing next week. I also tried to get as many hours as possible this week in case I am unable to

get my normal average of hours next week.

Day Time in Lunch/class Time out Total

hours
 Monday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 5 PM 8
March 7 PM Remote
hours: 2

Tuesday 9 AM N/A 5 PM 8
March 8

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 5 PM 6
March 9 PM

Thursday 9 AM N/A 5 PM 9
March 10 Remote
hours: 1

Friday March 9 AM N/A 4 PM 9

11 Remote
hours: 2

Total hours 40
this week

Total hours 307.5

to date

Journal #10

This week I did not go into my internship in person at the Bright House. I was cleared by my

supervisor to not come in since it is spring break. She wanted me to enjoy my week which was nice of

her. It felt weird to not come into the office every day since I have become accustomed to it now for ten

weeks. I did not feel super productive over the week, even though I think I did need a bit of a relaxing

break. I worked on trainings over the break to get some remote hours and will be sending them to my

supervisor to get her to sign off on those hours.

I watched an interesting presentation from the National Children’s Advocacy Center on forensic

interviews. Andra Chamberlin was the presenter and it focused on how to tell how truthful a child is being

in an interview. There are certain cues that will show they may be withholding information – but you

never want to assume they are lying unless you have sufficient evidence. It was a very interesting
presentation on what the point of forensic interviews is and what is going on behind the scenes of the

interview that the victim may not know about.

I am planning on talking to my supervisor this week about setting up a presentation date; I would

most likely do it the same day as Avery is presenting to make it easier on my co-workers and supervisor –

so I will get with her and figure out what day she is presenting.

It was nice to have a break from going into the office and just do some online trainings on my own time,

but I am excited to come back next week and see everyone. I am hopeful that I will continue to learn as

the rest of the semester comes along.

Date Time in Lunch/class Time out Total

REMOTE
hours

Monday N/A N/A N/A 2

March 14

Tuesday N/A N/A N/A 3

March 15

Wednesday N/A N/A N/A 2

March 16

Thursday N/A N/A N/A 2

March 17

Friday March N/A N/A N/A 4

18

Total weekly 13
hours

Total hours 320.5

to date

Journal #11

This week was good at the Bright House. There was an interview on Tuesday and that was the

only interview for the week. The interviewee was a victim of sex trafficking, so there were many different
people in the office that day. I believe there were two detectives when there is normally only one, and

there was a forensic interviewer who came from the Hampton office. Ashleigh would normally do the

forensic interviews, but she was the advocate for this case, so she was not allowed to do the interview.

This was by far the case that has affected me the most. It made me sick to think about what the client has

been through and opened my eyes that trafficking rings are going on in our community, which is

terrifying.

Counseling appointments were around the same as they are any typical week except for

Wednesday. On Wednesday, there were no appointments or medical exams, so it was a very chill day in

the office, so I just focused on organizing things around the office along with doing a deep clean.

I completed a few trainings this week. One of them was “Development Considerations for Forensic

Interviewers” and while I am not a forensic interviewer, it was still an interesting training to complete. I

find forensic interviews to be very interesting because of how meticulously they are carried out. There is

a strategy behind every question the interviewer asks in those interviews – and it is also good to learn how

to be more sympathetic and try to understand what they are feeling. Another training I completed was

“Fractures in Infants and Children: Abuse, Accident, or Brittle Bones?”. This training was the most

applicable to the career I am wanting to enter that I have done so far. The presenter explained how

different injuries will look depending on how they happened and how to be able to tell the difference.

Since I am wanting to go into ER nursing, I will need to know how to identify if a bruise if from a true

accident or if it was possibly inflicted upon them abusively.

Day Time in Lunch/class Time out Total hours

Monday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 5 PM 6
March 21 PM

Tuesday 9 AM N/A 4 PM 7
March 22
 Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 4 PM 7
March 23 PM Remote
hours: 2

Thursday 10 AM N/A 5 PM 7
March 24

Friday March 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM 7
25 Remote
hours: 1

Total hours 34
this week

Total hours 354.5

to date

Journal #12
There was a forensic interview on Wednesday and Friday. I did not know much about the cases

that came in, and I also did not end up sitting with either of the clients those days. One of the other interns

did. On Friday, before the interview happened, I watched a documentary with my co-workers that they

will be speaking on at Georgia College next week. It was called “I am Evidence” and it was about how

the police system fails victims of rape due to how many untested rape kits have been found sitting in

storage areas collecting dust. It was a very interesting documentary, but it was also one that made me

incredibly angry. Once the rape kits were beginning to get tested due to protests and lobbyists begging

them to, they finally began testing them and were able to connect the DNA from the rape crimes to many

other crimes happening across the city.

I answered the phone a lot this week, for some reason we had more calls than usual coming to the

office. I spent a lot of this week working on my E-portfolio website because I do not want to procrastinate

and rush the process of creating it. I know next week will be very busy for me, so I am trying to keep

staying on track and stay ahead with my assignments! I also started creating an outline for my

presentation and created parts of the PowerPoint to present but I have not gotten very far on that yet. I am
planning on recording the Canva tutorial on how to make the posters maybe sometime next week. It

depends on how far I get on the rest of the project, but it is quite difficult to start working on the E-

portfolio since many of the components such as the hours log and weekly journals are not fully completed

yet.

Along with this, I had my mock interview on Tuesday, and I believe it went well from what

feedback Jackie gave me! I felt pretty comfortable in the interview, I just tend to ramble when I am

nervous so I definitely need to work on that.

Day Time in Lunch/class Time out Total

hours

Monday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 5 PM 6
March 28 PM

Tuesday 9 AM N/A 4 PM 7
March 29

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 5 PM 6
March 30 PM

Thursday 9 AM N/A 4 PM 9
March 31 Remote
hours: 2

Friday April 9 AM 12 PM – 2 5 PM 6
1 PM

Total weekly 34
hours

Total hours 388.5

to date

Journal #13

On Monday, there was an interview scheduled but it was not able to happen because the police

department did not have a detective available to come for the interview. This was odd and frustrating for

my co-workers because this interview had been scheduled for several days and the family showed up and
was unable to have their interview done. It is supposed to be rescheduled, but I am unsure of when it will

happen now.

On Tuesday, I was at the office with Antionette for most of the day because JoAnna went to a

court case and Ashleigh spoke at Georgia College to a class about the documentary I mentioned last

week. I am glad that they let me watch the documentary with them, because I did not realize how terrible

the statistics were on testing rape kits and now, I am more educated on the subject.

On Wednesday and Thursday, it was just Antionette and I in the office together because

Ashleigh, Shelley, and JoAnna all went to watch the murder trial in court. They suggested that I read

about the case, because I had never heard about it happening even though I lived in Milledgeville when

the murder happened. There was a podcast done on it, so I listened to it and read a few articles on the

case. It was sad to read what had happened, but it is cool to me that my co-workers get to go sit in on a

trial like this. Friday was a chill day, I just worked on some more flyers and answered the phone that day

because there were no interviews.

I was quite busy this week, so I have not yet recorded the Canva tutorial for my project like I had

hoped to do this week. I will be less busy after this weekend is over, so I am planning on doing it next

week. I have gotten pretty far on my reflection paper and have started creating an outline for my

presentation. JoAnna has not gotten back to me yet with dates to present, but as soon as she does, I will

email you to let you know, since you wanted to attend.

Day Time in Lunch/class Time out Total hours

Monday April 4 9 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 5 PM 6

Tuesday April 5 9 AM N/A 4 PM 7

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 5 PM 6
April 6
 Thursday April 7 9 AM N/A 3 PM 9
Remote hours:
3

Friday April 8 9 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 4 PM 5

Total weekly 33
hours

Total hours to 421.5

date

Journal #14
This week was slow at The Bright House. We had a multi-disciplinary meeting on Tuesday,

which are usually not held at The Bright House but were this week. We did not have any forensic

interviews and this week also seemed a bit slower than usual for counseling appointments. I spent this

week working on my Electronic Portfolio along with finishing up my reflection paper. I am planning on

presenting my project on April 21st around 9:30 AM. I am anxious to present to my supervisor and co-

workers because I would like to impress them. Since they did not have many options for us to do for

projects, I have worked really hard to make my poster project substantial and to have a lot of meaning

behind it. I truly believe that my posters can help people that are just scrolling on Instagram. If they did

not know there was a sexual assault center in Milledgeville or a crisis line they could call, maybe my

poster would be informative for them and would be able to help them have access to resources to get help.

In addition to my original project plans, I am also creating informational posters to place around the

community about human trafficking. I am planning on placing the posters Tuesday after I leave The

Bright House.

On Friday, I helped JoAnna and Ashleigh place pinwheels at the Exchange Bank in front of the

mall for Child Abuse Prevention – since April is the awareness month for that. We also closed early on

Friday at noon for Good Friday, so instead of going in I went to help do the pinwheels at 9AM and then

did trainings for a couple hours that day.

 I cannot believe my time is coming to an end very quickly at The Bright House. It seems like just

last week was my first week coming here. I remember feeling so nervous on my first day about what my

experience here would be like. I was also very worried that my co-workers would not like me, but I have

grown to love working with all of them! They make my time here very enjoyable, and I will miss them

very much after I leave.

Day Time in Lunch/class Time Out Total hours

Monday April 11 9 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 5 PM 6

Tuesday April 9 AM N/A 4 PM 7

12

Wednesday 9 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 5 PM 6
April 13

Thursday April 9 AM N/A 5 PM 8

14

Friday April 15 9 AM N/A 10 AM 3

Remote hours:
2

Total weekly 30
hours

Total hours to 451.5

date

Journal #15
This week was not too busy at The Bright House. We did have one interview this week. When I

had some free time at my internship, I spent most of the week putting some finishing touches on my

project for my presentation which I had Thursday. It was hard to formulate how I wanted to present my

project, because I can understand how someone could look at hear about it and think it is not going to

make a huge impact. I know that it will make an impact, which is why I chose it, so it was important to

me to convey its importance while presenting. Social media has a huge impact on most everyone’s lives
and I know that when I see certain statistics or appealing posters, it does make me learn something and

therefore makes me more aware and understanding of the topic.

I have been working on my E-portfolio for a couple of weeks now. It is difficult to make

everything look very neat and organized on the website because I am not super tech savvy and Weebly

does glitch a lot for me at least. I have worked very hard on it and am excited for you to see that work as

well.

I was very nervous about presenting my project to you along with my supervisor and co-workers

because I have been working very hard on it and wanted you all to see that. I enjoyed working on this

project because it was honestly a fun and interesting project to do while also learning more about this

field by researching statistics to include on the posters. My supervisor and co-workers were very

impressed and asked me to send them all the posters I had done so that they could print them out and put

them around the office along with the ones that will be posted on social media.

It is hard to believe that this is the last journal that I will be writing. I have gotten into such a

habit of writing them at the end of the week that I am sure I will still be documenting what I did for the

week for my own keepings. I had a great semester at The Bright House and am very thankful for them

taking me in and making me feel welcome here. I will miss seeing them every day!

Day Time in Lunch/class Time out Total

hours

Monday April 11 AM N/A 5 PM 6

18

Tuesday April 9 AM N/A 5 PM 8

19

Wednesday 9 AM N/A 4 PM 7
April 20

Thursday 9 AM N/A 2 PM 6
April 21
Friday April 9 AM 12 PM – 2 PM 5 PM 6
22

Total weekly 33
hours

Total hours 484.5

to date