Abigail B.

About Abigail

Hi! My name is Abigail and I am a senior in Social Work at The University of Montevallo. I have been working with children since the age of 15, and absolutely love it! I have worked with youth who have disabilities/special needs, infants in the preschool/day care setting, as well as youth ranging from kindergarten to 6th grade. My work consisted of babysitting, camp counseling, after-school childcare, transportation, coordinating activities for certain age groups, changing diapers/cleaning up accidents, feeding time, outside play time, creating age appropriate crafts, etc. I have worked in a preschool for a little over a year in both the infant classroom and 2-year-old classroom. I was taught to take active notes throughout the day when watching over younger children to ensure the parent/guardian knows everything that went on throughout our days together. These notes consisted of outside time, feeding times, potty times, indoor activities for brain and physical development, and many other details of the child’s day. As of right now I am interning at Family Connection for my last semester practicum, which is a runaway homeless youth shelter for children aged 10-17 as well as a court ordered program for troubled youth. I have been working with licensed social workers in extreme situations for a little over a year now. I have acquired many emotion regulation skills and techniques that are extremely beneficial for the still developing child brain. I am extremely passionate about the youth of today, their safety, their happiness, and their quality of life. I hope I can help you and your family out! I am CPR certified I speak some Spanish