MSW Program
Field Education
Prospective Students
Students Talk About their Field Experience
Edith Bross - Associated Early Care and Education (Jamaica Plain)
"My supervisor taught me more than how to do Play Therapy with traumatized children. She showed me that self-care is not another word for weekend; it's a way of being. Self care has to be a part of your every-moment-awareness if you're going to help these children."
Kayla Celani - Associated Early Care and Education (Central School)
"I had never worked with very young children before but my year at Associated Early Care and Education helped me to realize that my true calling is working with kids. I fell in love with the children and think about the amazing lessons I learned from them every day."
Elissa Jackman - Massachusetts Clubhouse Coalition
"The aspect of my field placement that I enjoyed the most was the opportunity to witness the legislative process in action. I was able to advocate for policies supporting mental health care consumers, meet with various legislators to discuss mental health issues and attend various hearings at the State House."
Norah Kyle - City Councilor Chuck Turner's District Office
"Working with the real people of Roxbury put a face on the phenomena that can be all too impersonal and abstract. Now I know what poverty, homelessness, discrimination, and disenfranchisement look like. Now I can do something to combat those and other major institutional issues, knowing the people who face them and knowing how to work the system that often furthers such problems."
Stephanie Lallier - Catholic Charities Childcare
"Many of my clients were quite young and to know what they have been through was heartbreaking. However, their resiliency and ability to work through their worries and feelings through play was astonishing. Though there were many tough days, my time at Catholic Charities was undoubtedly the most rewarding experience I have ever had."
