Counselor Experience

I worked at the LCARC, Lawrence County Association for Responsible Care Camp, which is located in New Castle Pennsylvania. My job title was “Counselor”. We had a one on one experience with our child that we looked after for a week then switched children every week. I had personal experiences with kids with mental retardation, autism, ADHD, anger management, Down syndrome and more. Having such a great opportunity to work at this camp opened my eyes to the way I look at special needs people and the way I feel about them.
I am going to share a personal experience that I had with a child that has ADHD. Frank is about 16 years old now. He has a hard time controlling his emotions, he almost always got overly excited, he also has a hard time with talking and reading and had a difficult time paying attention, most of which is attributed to his ADHD. In schools there are about three to five percent of all students that have ADHD. Frank has a hard time paying attention to what is asked of him. He loves to make friends and is very friendly too. He has a hard time communicating because he does not have much of a vocabulary. It is hard to understand him because of his speech impediment. The one thing that he does when he gets overly excited is that he grabs you very tight and shakes you. He has a hard time knowing what is appropriate and what is not. He …show more content…
Most parents see that their child may have symptoms between ages two to four years old. Many children have a hard time with their memory. Now a lot of people are getting diagnosed with ADHD when they are adults. ADHD has a number of outcomes that deal with educational attainment, psychiatric problems, marital difficulties, driving infractions and addictive behaviors. ADHD can affect school work on many levels such as adjusting academically and socially. People that have ADHD need someone to coach them through