Recently I attended the wedding of Hannah (Tobias). Daughter of Mike and Carolyn Tobias. Great wedding. Played some tunes and the skipped over the ring part in the ceremony, which was so cool!
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Mark K.
What a day!
OK, so we are very close to starting classes at KVCC…like, tomorrow!
I needed to get the CourseBook done for Interviewing and Counseling and I just submitted it for publishing. I’m pretty excited about this one. Each one I do is better than the last.
I was also inspired to do another book. In Chapter 2 of this one, I went into some detail about the application of Development Theory to persons with mental illness (or for any disability, for that matter.)
The information just flowed and I found it fun to write and interesting to bring it all together into one place like that. So…I’m going to set out to write a real book this time.
The Application of Developmental Theory to the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities.
How does that sound? (Actually, I talked about this in a previous post didn’t I…)
I’m pretty pumped up!
So, now I need a break from my computer. Time to putter in the (eventual) Man Room!
Mark K.
Developmental Perspective
I’m writing the CourseBook for Interviewing and Counseling. I just completed a rather large section on developmental theory.
This gives me a book idea. Rather than write a new developmental psychology text, I can write one about the application of developmental theories to treatment of persons with mental illness. This could apply to all disabilities.
“Applying the Developmental Perspective to the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities”
How does that sound?
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Mark K.
Cello
CELLO
I bought an electronic Cello! Can’t even tune it yet!
Last night I figured out how to rosin the bow, found out the little tuner that came with it has a “cello” setting, and I broke a string trying to tune it!
I got some sound out of it though! You have to press the rosin kind of hard onto the bow strings to get the rosin on there. Who the heck can up with all this anyway?
Some notes sounded like a dying cat, other notes sounded like Yo Yo Ma killing a cat. I’m getting there!
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Mark K.
iPads at KVCC
So, the battle continues to be able to keep integrating iPads into the mental health program at KVCC. Yesterday I met with the admin and we discussed the proposal I had put together.
While I’m essentially OK with the proposal, there is still the haunting reality that the admin has chosen to reach into the classroom and impact the selection of materials process. While they have asked that this agreement not set a precedence for other programs to repeat, it DOES set a precedence for the administration being able to influence and change aspects of the class that have been the sole purview of the Faculty.
I’m anxious to see the memorandum that is supposed to come out of this and then talk with the folks at the Union.
None-the-less, I’m nearly ready for the start of the semester. I think the entire institution is a bit chaotic right now, but we will see how it holds together.
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Mark K