And So The Next Adventure Begins

Here I am once again at the start of a very exciting new adventure! I have just read back my first blog post and chuckled as I am in the same situation... My departure has come around far too quickly it's 14 hours until I will be on the plane and I've had an absolute 'mare trying to squeeze eight months worth of stuff into my good old rucksack!

 

So at 5.30am tomorrow morning I will be leaving for Heathrow for the rest of my placement year. I will be spending the first three months in Sri Lanka on a clinical psychology placement in the South-East. This will involve running therapeutic activities at a psychiatric hospital in the Acute, Learning Disability and Occupational Therapy units. I will also be volunteering at a residential centre that provides long-term care for approximately 525 women who have a mental illness.

 

 

From here I am going straight to Hanoi in the north of Vietnam to work in special needs centres for children with a range of physical and mental disabilities. One of the centres provides support to young people who suffer from the effects of Agent Orange and Japanese Encephalitis too. My role here will mainly involve assisting academic teaching, general care, vocational classes to teach life-skills and improving their confidence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not really sure how I feel right now, everything has been so rush rush rush as usual, especially with working stupid hours to be able to pay for it all! But I know it will be worth it, and I think it will hit me when I arrive! This placement year has been my dream since the idea grew in Thailand in 2012, here I am now about to live it.

 

Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported me, I couldn't have done it without you. I'm certainly going to miss a lot of people!

 

I will try and update you in a few weeks once I've settled in and got stuck in with my placements. So for now, goodbye!

 

Emma ..x