Assignment

Students choose only ONE of the following:

1. Visit a mental health facility (i.e. clinic, hospital) and interview a practitioner OR
2. Attend an AA/NA/GA meeting or support group in the community (no interview needed) OR
3. Go to a community facility (homeless, domestic violence, covenant house, or veteran legion) and interview an employee or volunteer or veteran.

Students are to write a blog post about their experience. In it, you will need to compare and contrast your experience in the community/field setting and discuss collaborative research success of the program, effectiveness and success including studies etc.

• How do they run their program?
• What are the successes?
• What are the failures?
• What would you do differently?
• What would you keep?
• What did you like? Dislike?
• Make sure to include individual reflections on your experience.