Dino Haley completed his ASU Social Work Internship
Dino Haley completed his ASU Social Work Internship with Native American Connections Intensive Outpatient program at the end of April 2009!
Dino Haley, a Behavioral Health Clinician working for Native American Connections at the Indian Rehabilitation men's residential facility, has worked for NAC for 5 years. He has just completed his foundation year internship of 340 hours of onsite supervised activities at NAC's Intensive Outpatient clinic to include completing intake, assessments, and gaining the full perspective of NAC IOP services.
In his appreciation letter to the Intensive Outpatient staff who trained and supported him over the ... months it took to complete the 340 hours, Dino expressed the following:
"It was an honor and a great pleasure working here. I leave IOP with gratitude and a fulfilled sense of accomplishment.
I appreciate the guidance and support from Jacque Johns, Behavioral Health Clinician II for Intensive Outpatient with a Social Work degree. She was a wonderful teacher and is an inspiration of success to the Social Work Profession. Jacque gave 100% of her time unselfishly to provide the necessary individual supervision and care that an intern needs to feel accepted and be part of the team. She provided great leadership, direction, and commitment at being a committed Intern Field Supervisor.
I also appreciate everyone who helped along the way: The NAC HR Director who secures and oversees all internships, Madeleine's support and motivation to succeed with NAC; The Office Manager, thank you to Dolores for her kindness to help me become part of the Intensive Outpatient family and providing all the delicious treats; All the Recovery Coaches whom I have come to see as the backbone of our program meeting client needs and service everyday; The awesome expertise of the Eligibility Specialist, Yvette training on the intake process (appreciate your patience); Assessor and Case Manager team, Saralyn and Angie, for showing the "how to" and importance of referral services; Assessor Alex, for your training to become a successful Assessor; Case managers Eleanor and Flo and their hospitality; Billing Specialists/Records Management, Suzy and Dzani and their efforts for NAC; Records Management, Trudy, for giving me a great sense of appreciation for what she does; IOP additional counselors Bryan, Nancy, and Angel for looking over my back in order to complete accurate and professional assessments; IOP Clinical Supervisor Joyce for all the support; Clinical Director, Yvonne for allowing me to explore my abilities; Behavioral Health Administrator, Richard for all the paperwork to obtain my CL; and lastly, NAC's Cultural Counselors, Joella and Manny for their comfort and keeping me grounded in my traditions.
Thanks to my current Clinical Supervisor at Indian Rehabilitation, Steve, for accepting my demands and allowing me to achieve this critical piece of my education. Thanks to all the staff at IR for understanding my absences during the day.
As our CEO, Dede Devine, thanks for having NAC accommodate my goals as a Native American graduate student.