Apparently I enjoy making myself nuts.
So I am definitely a crazy person, but I am seriously considering applying to the post-graduate certificate program in Infant Mental Health through Wayne State University for next year. Supposedly it would take me 2 years to complete part-time (12 credits of classwork and a 10 credit field experience), meaning I could also work while I do it.
This would be a good thing because a lot of the IMH jobs require that you either have the certificate or are working on it concurrently... so I could be getting paid to do the work I want while also getting yet another degree... cause I just love being insanely busy and shelling out tons of cash, or something. Seriously though, I think it would be a great step toward getting where I want to be, and the Merrill-Palmer Institute (at WSU) has a nationally recognized IMH program.
Problems include... where am I going to live next year (parents are in Waterford, but the commute time from there would be ridiculous, maybe Phil and I could live closer to Detroit?), where is Phil going to graduate school (i.e., are we going to have to deal with being an hour apart?), will I be able to get health insurance through part-time employment or could I work full-time while doing this certificate?, WSU is in scary Detroit... among others I probably haven't thought of yet.
I e-mailed the director of the program for some information. We will see what happens.
This would be a good thing because a lot of the IMH jobs require that you either have the certificate or are working on it concurrently... so I could be getting paid to do the work I want while also getting yet another degree... cause I just love being insanely busy and shelling out tons of cash, or something. Seriously though, I think it would be a great step toward getting where I want to be, and the Merrill-Palmer Institute (at WSU) has a nationally recognized IMH program.
Problems include... where am I going to live next year (parents are in Waterford, but the commute time from there would be ridiculous, maybe Phil and I could live closer to Detroit?), where is Phil going to graduate school (i.e., are we going to have to deal with being an hour apart?), will I be able to get health insurance through part-time employment or could I work full-time while doing this certificate?, WSU is in scary Detroit... among others I probably haven't thought of yet.
I e-mailed the director of the program for some information. We will see what happens.