For students working toward the achievement of the CCC-SLP or CCC-A, in a profession where only 8% of members and affiliates identify as minorities, and an even smaller number identifying as Black, the cultural disconnect…
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Recognizing Disability within Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
As a student, it can be extremely discouraging to pursue a field in which you don’t necessarily see yourself being represented or in which you don’t feel you belong. For me, personally, this is in…
2019 Recap—Clinical Fellowships, Externships, Grad School, Oh My!
No surprise here … navigating the clinical fellowship (CF) and externship processes, getting into grad school, understanding ASHA’s 2020 Certification standard changes, and hearing about resume-building experiences were all the topics you were most interested…
Igniting Passion: Building the High School to CSD Pipeline
Throughout my educational policy classes, I learned how important it is for students to have mentors and teachers who share the same ethnicities and genders as them. Having role models who look like them, increases…