Emotional Intelligence—An Ongoing Quest

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College students collaborating on laptop

Emotions play a role in our learning, decision-making, creativity, relationships, and health. In this emotionally charged time, emotional intelligence helps us build resilience. It’s key to being an impactful student, leader, and future clinician. What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence is a set of emotional and social skills that collectively establish how we perceive and express ourselves and develop and maintain social relationships. Emotional intelligence…

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Tips for My Fellow First-Generation College Students

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Hallie Clark and other academic leaders from the UNCG New Student Transitions and First Year Experience team.

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…

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Connecting My Family’s Culture to My Future as an SLP

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Hamsa Raman with children while visiting India

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…

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Get the Wiggles Out: Incorporating Yoga Into Teletherapy with Kids

in National NSSLHA Member on by Whitney Wilder Share
Young boy practicing yoga in front of laptop

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…

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