The official blog of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
I’m a first-generation college student. My dad received a high school diploma and my mom took some community college courses. None of my grandparents went to college. Although neither of my parents, nor my grandparents, received a higher education, they raised me to believe college was important. It was something that’d help me become the most well-rounded and successful person I could be … something…
I come from an extreme racial minority group of African American and East Indian cultures. I was adopted into an East Indian family and raised with Indian cultures and morals. Growing up with traditional Indian parents was amazing, but there was a lot of pressure to choose a career that would give me a bright future. I’ve always been someone who was interested in helping…
As grad school clinicians during COVID-19, many of us have had the opportunity to utilize telepractice to provide speech therapy to our clients. This has changed almost everything about our sessions—especially those with pediatric clients. We’re no longer physically in the room with these kids, which means we’re unable to move and play with them like we would in person. So, how do we bring…
Originally, I wanted to be a preschool or kindergarten teacher. But throughout my college courses, I didn’t feel passionate while observing the classroom setting. One day, as I sat in my ENT’s office, I noticed a sign for speech therapy. I’d never heard of it before. My dad reminded me that my grandpa had received services from two speech-language pathologists after having a stroke—he had…