I love caring for people with special needs, it is very rewarding to help these individuals to achieve their goals and realize their strengths. I also enjoy helping to relieve the strain that the special need puts on these individuals' families.
Babysitting.
Special Needs Care.
Elderly Care.
Babysitting and Special Needs Care:
I have worked in a day treatment center, and a summer camp for children with emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties, as well as in a school for students (ages 5 to 22) with various special needs including pervasive developmental disorders, developmental delays, mental illness, mentally challenged , and physical disabilities.
Elderly Care experience:
I've spent time caring for an elderly woman with Alzheimer's in a senior center. I did an internship with the elderly for my art/recreation therapy certificate from School of Visual Arts. The work consisted of one-on-one interviewing, scrapbooking and journaling, taking progress notes on each client as part of a treatment team, and group murals, including travel posters. I've also worked as a medical secretary for a year for a local area hospital (Sinai).
Available within 15 miles of manhattan, NY 10014. Transportation included.