Service-Learning at Restoring the Breach

The Psychology and Service course has an objective that allows senior psychology majors to volunteer in the community and apply the knowledge acquired in previous psychology courses, such as Lifespan Development and Social Psychology, to the things experienced while serving the community. I am currently completing my service-learning at Restoring the Breach. My service is tutoring children from ages 7-12 in math, English, social studies, and science. I help students one-on-one to learn the material they are having trouble understanding. They receive practice problems from me or bring their homework. Thus far, I have seen and written about examples of psychological concepts including altruism, positive reinforcement, bullying aggression, and illusion of invulnerability. I have learned that children need more one-on-one interaction when it comes to learning because they sometimes do not grasp the information as fast as their teachers are teaching it. I have learned that it takes a lot of patience and understanding when interacting with children. I have learned that I have a passion for helping children. Their environment can have an impact on how they turn out in the future, so I want to be able to assist them in having the resources they need to be successful in the classroom