Tri-City Wellness Center

For my summer mentorship I went to Tri-City Wellness Center in Pomona. The first few times that I attended I actually didn't know what to expect. The first day the workers there were very friendly, they gave me a tour around the 2 buildings and explained to me about the groups they have there. They have various types of groups such as depression, suicide, anger management, etc. They also have other monthly workshops and those workshops include money management, cooking and skills building. They accept people from different ages and have different types of groups and activities to do.  

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

I plan on interviewing my mentor Jose Montenegro because he is specialized as a "Well-Being Specialist." I am interested in his choice of career because in some way it helps me think about my future and whether I want to keep pursuing my career as a psychologist. His motivation and determination in helping others is also quite fascinating to me.

2. Interview Questions

1. Giving the circumstance in which you daily encounter different situations, for example dealing with suicidal teens, how do you have the courage too help everyone of your patients without it having an affect in your personal life?
2. How did you ended up choosing to specialize as a"Well-Being Specialist?"
3. If I decided to pursue my career choice as a psychologist for teens what advice would you give me?
4. If given the chance to choose a different career path, would you change your career or not? Explain why or why not.
5. Throughout your career you must have encounter many different obstacles to get to where you are at now, tell me the most difficult obstacle you faced and how you overcame it?

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Working EQ

1.  List your topic here: 

Suicide Youth

2.  Write a question that helps to focus your research this month.

What can you do to help a teen prevent him/herself from having suicidal thoughts? 

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

1. Link to hours and description spreadsheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zd3MIrPUPNVljtpLon2j8tczyqSWK1waxVvv2aAuW2M/edit

2. What is the contact name and phone number of where you volunteered?   

Mentor 1 (Suicide Youth)

Jose Montenegro

Telephone Number: (909) 242-7621

Mentor 2 (Teaching)

Dale Reyes

Telephone Number: (626) 933-4200 

3. (Need to know) What questions were raised because of the 10 hours of experience? List them.     

 Mentor 1 (Suicide Youth)

* What is the most important skill that is needed to be able to ensure to give the patient the help that he/she might need?

* How many hours and days of the week is one suppose to work?

* How do you know when the patient needs more than just someone to talk to?

* What do you do when one of the patients starts to refuse one receiving ones help?

Mentor 2 (Teaching)

* Is there any skill that is recommended to have?

* Do you get paid for the holidays, summer break, etc. or not? 

* What makes one a good teacher?

* What grade and subject is recommend to teach?

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing I gained from this experience is how to work/help out others. Yeah, going to Ipoly has taught me how to work with people not taking encounter if you like the person or not, but there was something different with my mentorship. They were both about working with teens, the suicide youth one was from ages 16-25 and the teaching one was from 11-13 years of age. I realized that not everything is about doing it  because its necessary but because its nice to help others. 

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did what you did help you choose a topic?  Please explain.

My senior topic is going to be Suicide Youth, I did my mentorship in two different places and I realized that for my senior project I want to do something that I actually want to do for the rest of my life. I do not specifically want to go into the career of a Well-Being Specialist but I do want to go into the psychology field. Listening to the patients talk about their stories made me realize that at least for these couple of weeks that that is what I want to do.