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Intern for the Together Program: Working with Couples to Build Strong Families

Presenter: Megan Hsiung, Psychology, Global Public Health Scholars

 
 
 

I work for the Together Program which is a nonprofit organization with a goal of promoting healthy family relationships, personal well-being, effective parenting, and employment and financial stability in our communities. We provide free workshops for couples that want to improve their communication and problem-solving skills, reduce their stress, and handle their finances successfully and that may also need services for their families and assistance with employment. We strive to make our workshops accessible to everyone but recognize that couples with children often cannot attend because they do not have childcare. Luckily, our program pays for childcare when couples use a licensed provider in Maryland. My specific duties for the practicum are reformatting files on BOX, finding resources for participants, recruiting childcare providers and possible partnerships, proofreading/editing materials, managing the social media pages, and contributing to revamping future internships.

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Eila Abamonga
Eila Abamonga
06 de mai. de 2021

Hi Megan!

I think this topic is really important to discuss! I had two questions. How diverse were the participants in your program (ex. age, race, gender, etc.)? If any, what specific groups of people were more interested in the program?

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Anastasia Lukyanov
Anastasia Lukyanov
01 de mai. de 2021

Very useful topic! Since you seem to have worked more on the background logistics side of things with recruiting childcare and such, what sort of things really helped make the logistics of the programs go smoother? What were some of the core things that absolutely had to go right?

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Megan Hsiung
Megan Hsiung
03 de mai. de 2021
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Hi Anastasia,

Thank you for looking over my practicum and I hope you enjoyed what I have put together! I did indeed work more behind the scenes with childcare recruitment and social media management. I think what helped me the most was creating and adhering to a good schedule. Since I volunteered for the Together Program during the school year, I had lots of work from my classes on top of my internship. Finding a good balance in dedicating enough time to my studies and internship activities really helped make my time go smoother. I also found it useful that my supervisor sent out weekly emails reminding interns what tasks they would have to accomplish for that week.

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