The official blog of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
Until recently, I had a basic knowledge of stuttering from undergraduate coursework, but I knew nothing about fluency treatment or why a clinician might choose one particular treatment option over another. Going into clinicals, this made me extremely anxious and I labored over whether or not I’d be able to properly select and implement effective therapies for my adult client with a stutter. Yet, as…
Our brains are capable of amazing things. They can heal themselves; takeover for body parts that have stopped working; and generate every move, thought and breath we take. Our brains help us absorb all of the knowledge we need to become audiology and speech-language pathology professionals; and allow us to share that knowledge with our clients, patients, and peers. Our brains also protect us from…
To me, learning about speech-language pathology in other countries and cultures is important because awareness and education about places different than our own will make us better clinicians for all clients—those from different cultures and those who identify with the dominant culture. As an undergraduate at Ithaca College, I was disappointed to find that there wasn’t a study abroad program that allowed me to expand…
Most people don’t remember what it was like to be two- or three-years-old. But I do. I remember being terribly shy. I’d hide behind my mom’s leg at the mere “hello” from a stranger. She said I didn’t say much back then, but I cried A LOT. It got to be so much that I was referred to the Tresco TOTS Early Intervention program, a…