The official blog of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
Leadership skills aren’t simply inherited. Just like your clinical skills, they have to be practiced and honed. And the best way to do that is by putting yourself out there and nabbing opportunities that are presented to you! National NSSLHA currently has five Executive Council, two Regional Council, and 100+ Student State Officer positions available—just for you! These positions will give you unparalleled opportunities to…
My bachelor’s degree isn’t in CSD, so when I started my post-baccalaureate at Cal State LA in 2014 I was new to speech-language pathology. I wanted to learn as much as I could about the field, get involved, and put myself in environments where I could gain insights from other students and professionals. Joining CSHA To accomplish all of this, I got involved in my…
As an #slp2b, psycholinguistics is like that ex who just can’t take a hint. No matter how many classes we take, that “ex” keeps coming around—again and again. As you no doubt know, psycholinguistics is the psychological and neurobiological factors that allow people to learn, understand, and use language. We learn a lot about this throughout our coursework—from how to find the fundamental frequencies of…
I’m currently an undergrad senior studying speech-language pathology at Long Island University—Post (LIU Post). But I didn’t choose this path. This path chose me. My initial journey never involved speech-language pathology, but I’m so glad that’s where I’ve ended up. If You Want to Make Life Laugh, Tell It Your Plans Originally, I had my eyes set on going into Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS)—basically, being…