An insightful & humbling experience to help prepare students for the clinical setting

This experience was unique because it was my longest trip ever (10 days) & it was the first time I took an international flight. It was also unique because I was able to really get some great insight about the culture of Belize: I interacted with communities in Belize, was able to partake in some of the things common in their culture like making fresh tortillas, making chocolate. I got to see how some people in Belize live. I am so glad that my observation hours were complete, because that gave me the opportunity to actually provide therapy & I loved providing therapy. It was intimidating at first, but Mrs Carter and Mrs Winslow really helped me to be more confident by providing materials and toys for me to use and encouraging me and jumping in to help me when I needed help. Katie was awesome, she was able to provide guidance and information on the culture of Belize. She also did a great job capturing special and unique moments of the students. She provided me with the opportunity to eat authentic food and I had so many delicious dishes that I never tried, conch was one of those foods. Our bus driver Kenny was great, his sister cooked us delicious authentic chicken, hot tamales and we even had lunch at his sisters home one day. This trip was put together very well, so thumbs up to all coordinators. Students studying any type of therapy should definitely make the sacrifice to go. This trip was nothing short of amazing. I made so many great connection with the other students as well.