Global Posts

Welcome to my E-Portfolio! My name is Skylar Therres. I am currently a senior at Longwood University, majoring in Sociology with a concentration on Family Studies and minoring in Psychology and Criminal Justice. What do I plan on doing with my degree? I plan to go into Counseling for my future career. In my E-Portfolio, you will find work and research I’ve conducted thus far in my college career.

I participated in an adverse childhood experience training and am now certified in administering naloxone.

I knew this day would come, but it still hurts to say. Tomorow is my last day as an intern at Centra PACE. It’s been an incredible four months, and I have learned so much from every department there. I imagine saying goodbye to the participants will be especially difficult, even though I have told them in advance.

I would like to say thank you to the wonderful staff at Farmville PACE, who made me feel like a member of the team from the very beginning. I appreciate for taking my thoughts into consideration and helping me initiate my own goals with participants. I am especially grateful to my supervisors who empowered mean provided me with so much guidance. I think i am most grateful to the participants, who always kept my days interesting provided me with much needed experience. While I am sad to be leaving, I am also glad to have had this wonderful experience.

Back in March, I attended a luncheon held by the Social Work department. The luncheon was meant to show appreciation to internship supervisors of the juniors and senior level interns. A few people, myself included, gave speeches about our experiences so far. Our supervisors were so happy to hear praise from faculty members and their interns. It’s been a great experience working with PACE, and I hope my next internship will be just as rewarding.

This is a policy from Centra PACE that I wrote an in-depth critique of.

Abstract: The road to Kenya’s first free, fair, and peaceful in 2022 was a long and bloody one. Since independence from the deconstructing British Empire in 1962, each opportunity for the democratic process was marred by ethnopolitical conflict, economic turmoil, and the repression of the dynastical executive branch. As a result of this journey, however, Kenya has launched itself onto the global political stage, becoming a major actor in not only their East African region, but internationally into conflict zones such as Haiti in 2024. This research explores how the lasting British legacy of society, economics, and politics, hindered and then transformed Kenya as a democratic republic. (April 2024 – unpublished)

The above is a link to a website me and my group partner worked on in a group methods class. All parts were research-supported and implemented into a role-play group assignment.

The above is a partner assignment from an individual methods class moving through the process of the intervention model, from progress notes, BPSS assessments, and termination activities. 

The above is an article critique of a group intervention technique for adolescent immigrants. 

The above is a reflection article of the movie, Cider House Rules. 

The above is a policy review of health care legislature for the immigrant population and potential options for future policy advocacy.

The above is a research paper on the climate of the prison system in the context of reducing recidivism rates in the macro setting. 

The above is a progress note in the form of a SOAP note of a client at my junior field internship.

April 23, 2024 I completed my internship at LOC Family Services with 186.43 hours.

Welcome to my E-portfolio of Sociological theory papers. In this portfolio, you will find 3 papers from this semester of Sociology 401- Theory, please read and enjoy!