Celebrating Deaf Awareness Month: Stepping Beyond the Clinic—and Into the Community—Builds Crucial Empathy

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Maddie Williams-Kane

September is Deaf Awareness Month—a time to recognize, advocate for, support, and build community alongside individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing as well as those who are impacted by hearing loss. Community engagement allows us as future clinicians to bond and connect with these individuals as we hear their stories, struggles, and successes. Taking advantage of these opportunities helps us, in return, become…

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Top Takeaways from Building Bridges in Allied Health: A Collaborative Advocacy Forum

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Effective care rarely comes from one professional working alone. Speech-language pathologists, audiologists, occupational therapists, psychologists, educators, physicians, and other professionals often bring different perspectives to the same client’s needs. During National NSSLHA’s Raw Conversations: Building Bridges in Allied Health—A Collaborative Advocacy Forum event, professionals from across allied health discussed how students and clinicians can better understand one another’s roles, collaborate across disciplines, and advocate for…

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Top Takeaways from Office Hours: Grad School Search and Applications

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Applying to graduate school in speech-language pathology or audiology can feel overwhelming. Between comparing programs, navigating CSDCAS, requesting transcripts and recommendations, writing personal statements, and preparing for interviews, applicants have a lot to manage. During National NSSLHA’s Office Hours: Graduate School Search and Applications event, professionals with graduate admissions experience shared practical advice to help students approach the process with greater confidence. Panelists included: Watch…

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A Student’s Guide to ASHA’s Evidence Maps

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As a student in communication sciences and disorders, you’ve probably learned about evidence-based practice (EBP) in the classroom. EBP is the cornerstone of clinical practice, and by using it, we’re ensuring that our decisions are backed by data, expertise, and patient values. However, applying EBP in the clinical setting comes with its own set of challenges. When you’re juggling clinical rotations, classes, and exams, it…

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