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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
SLP and the Great Aphasia Search
I'm taking aphasia this semester and it has captured my attention completely. One of our class assignments is to complete an observation of either a treatment session (individual or group) or attend a meeting of an aphasia support group. I love that we have to do this and have begun the process of tracking down SLPs in my general vicinity who work with clients who have aphasia. A great resource I'm starting off with is Find a Professional with ASHA's ProSearch. I've already sent off about 6 emails today and I've heard back from 4 SLPs, though no sites secured as of yet... just one possibility (no patients with aphasia on her caseload atm but keeping my contact info and will let me know if that changes) and a lead from an SLP to a site that she observed at when she took this class (Emich alum!). I still have a bit of time and I can expand my search area, but I'm off to a good start!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
USU
UPDATE - 3/11/2015: It's been almost 3 years since I graduated in May of 2012 from USU's online post-bacc program so the information I have on the program is waaaaay out of date! I've heard that there have been a few professor changes and tuition changes so I will only be able to answer very general questions about attending school online.
The best places to get the most up to date information about attending USU and the classes are the Utah State Online COMD Group! to talk to current students and USU's online post-bacc page to get info straight from the program.
Related post by @SLP_Echo: The SLP Post-baccalaureate Plunge. She has compiled a list of other post-bacc programs, so there are more options to explore besides USU!
First Week - Finished!
It's Tuesday night and I am finished for classes for the week. Yep, you read that right... I have one class on Mondays, three classes on Tuesday and then I am finished for the week. Good thing though, is that almost all of my classes have a few outside of class components besides homework and studying for exams.
For my diagnostics class, we are being broken up into pairs and will be matched with a faculty member to perform a diagnostic in our university clinic. We also have to set up an observation with a local SLP to observe (or participate in - if the SLP is comfortable with that) a speech and language evaluation of either a child or an adult. For our aphasia class, we have to set up an observation of a treatment session (either individual or group) or attend a meeting of an aphasia support group. Then for our audiometric disorders class, we are putting together a hearing conservation project, then going out into the community to a class (1st grade classroom or a middle school classroom, etc.) teach them about the anatomy and physiology of the ear, the loudness scale, hair cells damage, and hearing conservation.
There are also a lot more presentations this semester in comparison to last semester... I definitely need practice with public speaking so I am glad we will have many opportunities to do so. My goal is to not use note cards at all since I tend to over-rely on them. This semester I'm also going to set up some volunteer hours with the SLP at the Autism Collaborative Center on campus. It's definitely going to be much busier this semester compared to last!
Overall I am really excited about this semester. I love that we will go out into the community to observe and to teach. Going off of first impressions of first days in classes, my favorite so far is diagnostics and aphasia as a close second!
Oh! Another cool thing about today - I met someone who also did the Utah State University online post bachelor's in communicative disorders and deaf education! We overlapped by three semesters so we probably had a class or two together but didn't know each other then. She's in two of my classes this semester and happened to mention that she attended USU online. I've only "met" my former classmates online and not in person, so it was great to finally meet someone IRL. Definitely made my day!
For my diagnostics class, we are being broken up into pairs and will be matched with a faculty member to perform a diagnostic in our university clinic. We also have to set up an observation with a local SLP to observe (or participate in - if the SLP is comfortable with that) a speech and language evaluation of either a child or an adult. For our aphasia class, we have to set up an observation of a treatment session (either individual or group) or attend a meeting of an aphasia support group. Then for our audiometric disorders class, we are putting together a hearing conservation project, then going out into the community to a class (1st grade classroom or a middle school classroom, etc.) teach them about the anatomy and physiology of the ear, the loudness scale, hair cells damage, and hearing conservation.
There are also a lot more presentations this semester in comparison to last semester... I definitely need practice with public speaking so I am glad we will have many opportunities to do so. My goal is to not use note cards at all since I tend to over-rely on them. This semester I'm also going to set up some volunteer hours with the SLP at the Autism Collaborative Center on campus. It's definitely going to be much busier this semester compared to last!
Overall I am really excited about this semester. I love that we will go out into the community to observe and to teach. Going off of first impressions of first days in classes, my favorite so far is diagnostics and aphasia as a close second!
Oh! Another cool thing about today - I met someone who also did the Utah State University online post bachelor's in communicative disorders and deaf education! We overlapped by three semesters so we probably had a class or two together but didn't know each other then. She's in two of my classes this semester and happened to mention that she attended USU online. I've only "met" my former classmates online and not in person, so it was great to finally meet someone IRL. Definitely made my day!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Ready... Set...
I'm excited to get back into the grad school groove, but I have to admit I wouldn't have minded another week off before starting. I had a great winter break! I went on road trips to see family in WI and upper MI, I overindulged in lots of delicious food (my mom and J's mom are superb cooks!), and indulged in lots of sleepsleepsleep. There were also many netflix marathons and of course a lot of time wasted spent on facebook, twitter, and pinterest. A lot of laziness all around!
And speaking of laziness, after the new year I decided to get more active and participate in the #ASHAFit13 challenge and incorporate other exercises into my daily routine. I have been so focused on school and studying these past couple of years that I have been completely neglecting my body... and it's starting to show. I've never been a super active person to begin with, but while living overseas I walked EVERYWHERE... now, it's get into my car and go. And when I have any down time from school and studying, I have DOWN TIME.
When I saw the #ASHAFit13 challenge on twitter, I became motivated and today was my 6th day of getting my arse into shape. I've been pretty sore since starting, but once I get moving and I've done a workout I feel AWESOME! I'm glad I started this before I went back to school... I will stay focused. Exercise is supposed to be good for the mind too!
Now it's back to school time so there will be no more exercise talk on this blog beyond this post.
No more excuses.
I'm off to my first class of Winter '13 so... ready... set... goooooooo!
And speaking of laziness, after the new year I decided to get more active and participate in the #ASHAFit13 challenge and incorporate other exercises into my daily routine. I have been so focused on school and studying these past couple of years that I have been completely neglecting my body... and it's starting to show. I've never been a super active person to begin with, but while living overseas I walked EVERYWHERE... now, it's get into my car and go. And when I have any down time from school and studying, I have DOWN TIME.
When I saw the #ASHAFit13 challenge on twitter, I became motivated and today was my 6th day of getting my arse into shape. I've been pretty sore since starting, but once I get moving and I've done a workout I feel AWESOME! I'm glad I started this before I went back to school... I will stay focused. Exercise is supposed to be good for the mind too!
Now it's back to school time so there will be no more exercise talk on this blog beyond this post.
No more excuses.
I'm off to my first class of Winter '13 so... ready... set... goooooooo!
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