The official blog of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
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…
In a field that stresses the importance of effective communication, it’s no surprise that personal statements for graduate programs often play a pivotal role in the admissions process. To ease any anxiety you may feel, (trust me, I know the feeling!) I’d like to share a few tips I’ve found helpful in strengthening my command of the written word. By the way, you can also…
As an undergrad, I heard it’d be hard to get into grad school—that my GPA would be incredibly important, and one “B” could keep me from my dreams of becoming an SLP. Suddenly, it was my senior year and time to apply to grad programs. My GPA was a 3.6 and I had a couple Bs. I was nervous. I hopped onto ASHA EdFind and…
Our lives have turned upside down in ways that we never could have imagined. Life was so different just four months ago . . . Wearing a mask in public would have been perceived as odd rather than the norm. Your home would have never been a therapy room for clients. Trips wouldn’t have been cancelled because of a global pandemic. A national uprising through…