A Sad Farewell, to New Beginnings: Goodbye SARRC!

Hello friends! It's almost over. I know. I"ll most definitely miss the experiences I had at SARRC, having all the fun organizing CSBS forms and seeing all the kids. The "Journey at SARRC" is taking a close, and before I get all sentimental, let's just go over the last week I spent at SARRC. Let's go!

Even though it was my last week, I had to finish up some CSBS forms for good measure. It's actually pretty nice to finish off with something you've been doing for weeks now. It feels kind of relaxing to me. After the forms were completed and filed, Stephen allowed me to sit through more diagnostic sessions for my project. It was interesting to see that out of all the clients I had observed one of them was finally a female. As you may know, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more commonly found in males than in females, so it was quite interesting to see how females behaved compared to males. However, not much was different. They both tantrums and scream. Just kidding (not)! Yes, though they do throw fits once in a while, they still get to finish the assessments with little to no problems. 

I'm just teasing. Hehehe

Other than that, I was allowed to have a whole day of working on my project. On Thursday, Stephen gave me the time there to work on anything I wanted to, so I took the opportunity and worked on my PowerPoint. Though I must admit I spent an hour or two on YouTube, falling deeper into it's abyss, I pulled away from the distraction to work on my presentation. I worked pretty hard on it afterwards, but I'm unsure whether it was as good as I thought it would be. When it comes down to it, I'd push through my procrastination tendencies to finally get work done, whether the quality of it is good can be debatable. 

I've yet, however, to come up with a potential final product. I was thinking along the lines of an informational brochure, but I'll accept any thoughts or opinions about that. I hope it will turn out well because deadlines are coming up so fact. Yikes! 

Anyways, I wanted to spend a little time to thank everyone that's gotten me this far (yes, you've reached sentimental canyon. And on the right, you can see river of tears). Just kidding. So I really wanted to thank my on-site mentor Dr. Smith for giving me this opportunity to intern here. I had literally no experience in anything, but he allowed me to learn and help as much as I could. And thanks to Dr. James (or Stephen, he prefers that) for guiding me through the process, I had fun helping as much as possible. I wanted to thank Mr. Witz and Ms. Conner, both of which have helped me overcome my shortcomings and showed me the way. Lastly, I wanted to thank you all for following me this far. I appreciate all the interest you've given my project, and I hope that you are inspired (like I was) to pursue yours head on in the future.

I wanted to end this with a cliche quote so here it is: "Every story has an ending. But in life, every ending is a new beginning..."

Bye for now! I hope to see you all in my Final Post (so sad)!