mardi 4 mars 2014

Organization Tips For Continuing Students

By Leticia Jensen


For you to become a counselor, you should have finished an undergrad course like psychology, sociology and other related courses. This is very important because if you do not know how to handle a person then surely you will just worsen the case. But even if you already finished a degree, job is still different and this is why you need to undergo continuing education for substance abuse counselors.

Informal or formal it is up to you on how will you get your secondary learning. Informal are those that does not involve certificates and recognition such as self study and informal tutorials. While the formal one can be seminars, certificate course or another baccalaureate degree. Well, this depend on the change of heart of the person.

But getting into such activity is a bit crucial because you are both studying and working so without proper organization such as time management. You will be creating a mess that can no longer be fixed. So in this case, you should know some ways on how to keep yourself organized even if you are very busy and do not have leisure moment.

You need to have a routine so therefore work at the same moment. In this way you can really find some hours where you can have time to enjoy or chill out. Try to spend your two hours for studying and assignments if you are attending into formal school. Well if it is informal you still need time for you to read some studying materials.

As much as possible download your articles and print them out so that you can bring it anywhere. Unless you have a tablet or a phone that can show articles. As much as possible avoid reading it thru computer to avoid some temptations such as networking sites and porn. This is for you to keep yourself focused.

Have an official working space in your room. There you will be placing everything that is related to your work and separate it to the place of your study where you put all your school stuff. This is one of the common problems faced by continuing students. They tend to mix their work and school stuff. Having separate places is ideal.

If you think that planners does not work then think again. Without it you will tend to forget things, you will tend to mix things, and you will tend you confuse things. So it would be better to have it for you to know that you can have some time for such activity or not. This is also for you to be able to check if you have done the task yet or not.

When it is moment for you job then do not peek at your studying stuff. If it is time for your education then do not attempt to answer some calls unless it is very important such as emergencies and deals. This is for you to keep yourself focused.

Undergoing further education for substance abuse counselors can be very tiring. But if you really think that you are destined in this work, then you have to be determined enough to face all of those difficulties.




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