After dedicating over 90 hours at the Willow Domestic Violence Center, I presented my practicum outcome to the Applied Behavioral Science department and peers.

1. Community Health and
Development
ABSC 690 Practicum Presentation
Ballard Center
at Penn House
Alisa Medina
Christmas ‘77

2. Serving the Lawrence community since 1969
Mission—
Ballard Community
Services is a non-
profit organization
that provides a high
quality, affordable
early education
program and
essential basic life
assistance for
families and
individuals in need

3. Contributors to my Success
at Penn House
 Paul Youk
 Director of Human Service Programs &
practicum site supervisor
 Linda Lassen
 Program Director of Penn House
 John Koopman
 Manager of Penn House

4. Practicum Project
 Assist Penn House with a technology upgrade
within the organization
 Organize computer storage area & update
existing systems
 Assist in integrating a live database for the
Holiday Bureau adopt-a-family program
 Improve configuration of Penn House’s Local
Area Network (LAN)
 Provide access to computers for use by Penn
House clients and families

5. To which competency (or competencies) does
it pertain?
 Competency 4: Developing a Framework for change
 My Project—In the belief of a growing technology gap
prevalent within our low income communities, the Ballard
Center developed a computer lab at Penn House to assist
families accessing information about their communities for
example, jobs, a home, or reliable services.
 Competency 9: Enhancing Cultural Competence
 Penn House encompasses the meaning of a culturally
inclusive community, the volunteers are the clients. Their
involvement helps us integrate the most effective
interventions and programs for our community.

6. Why is it an important contribution?
 By offering these resources to families they can begin
working on their own personal and family issues and
make improvements by means of self education through
the information provided through the internet.

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16. Practicum Product Outcome
The computer lab
can be used by all
visitors at Penn
House and
encourages
learning about our
communities.
This product
enhances the
capacity of the
Christmas ‘77 organization by
offering a service
that is vital to
survival in today’s

17. Penn House Network Topology
Penn House Network Topology

19. Practicum Successes and Opportunities
 When speaking to a few community members about
what barriers they feel are preventing them from
sustaining an adequate lifestyle and technology seems
to be the biggest answer.
 If we can adapt alike computer labs and classes in other
low income areas through other human services
programs we can provide families with the technology
they are completely unaware of or simply cannot afford.

20. Lessons Learned
Understanding how To establish my own
community programs experiences as a source of
work from the inside, like education by helping
the Ballard Center, can others resolve their
help (or hinder) our
community can be problems helped me
effective in teaching the understand the
value of volunteering and magnitude of the
how to provide quality assistance needed in all
assistance. communities and how
easy anybody can actively
contribute to their own
community.

21. Future Goals
 My experience has offered me a new
meaning to volunteering, it was a new
experience & beneficial to volunteer with
members of the community whom are
effected with current societal issues.
 Having the opportunity to be interviewed
by 6 News felt like a step towards the right
kind of awareness needed within the
community

22. Acknowledgements
 Paul Youk
 Penn House’s staff and
volunteers
 Penn House’s clients
 Jomella Watson-
Thompson
 Marvia Jones
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