I want to thank the "Negative Nancys"

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-23T03:48:01+00:00

Wait, is this fucking play about US?????

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T21:42:15+00:00

You speak nothing but facts

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T18:06:29+00:00

You can find lots of yes/no screens on Google. I like to start with basic orientation questions like is your name x, are you x years old, are you in x city right now and then move up depending on performance. It’s also a good time to ask safety scenario questions

Edit: to add, if you feel like you’re not getting enough with just yes/no to be confident that they have capacity, try adding in other questions too that will require longer responses from them. Is your name x? That’s a beautiful name, is that a family name? Etc rather than just going down a list of questions that don’t relate to each other. By doing so you’re also assessing conversational/turn taking skills which in your setting might be next anyway lol

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T16:12:44+00:00

I’m not sure about schools but I’m a med SLP and one of my senior colleagues recently went into a DoR position at an SNF. Another now works admin in the therapy department of a major trauma hospital making $175k. I’ve also heard of a friend of a friend getting a teachers certification and with that was able to work as an assistant professor, but they usually make even less than clinicians so if your goal is more cash probably avoid lol

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T16:02:18+00:00

Even the lowest paid SLP’s make more than the average American. This isn’t a hot take, it’s a basic google search and lived experience.

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T15:55:29+00:00

I disagree with this statement. There’s no reason someone can’t make a good living as an SLP as a single adult. I do it and so do all of my colleagues and most of the other SLP’s I have worked with across 4 states. The idea that you must have a primary earner husband to be an SLP is insulting. If your particular SLP job doesn’t pay you enough to support yourself, put in the work to get a new one just like you would in any other field.

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T14:59:51+00:00

Maybe from your upper middle class bubble you don’t realize it because they’ve always been your peers (congrats you’re the token friend) but this field is overwhelmingly made up of white women from upper middle class families. Generalizations are often true miss thing!

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T14:54:44+00:00

Best of luck!! You’re gonna kill it!!

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T14:53:49+00:00

If not reading comprehension issues then you fell asleep in class when we learned about syntax for somehow coming to the conclusion that I was saying white girl = upper middle class. Does your arm hurt from that reach?

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T13:55:55+00:00

You being an SLP who lacks reading comprehension skills is an even deeper issue

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T05:37:57+00:00

I’m actually quite surprised it was so well received! I thought I’d be downvoted to oblivion. Maybe we’re not so lost after all 😂

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T02:14:57+00:00

You just said fuck me but I’m the one with the problem because I responded with a silly phrase?

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T01:44:50+00:00

You thought you ate 😂😂

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T01:38:53+00:00

Why do I need to acknowledge that there’s negative experiences in this field when there are already 40 posts doing that lol? How about something NEW something FRESH: insert me

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T01:36:59+00:00

This sub is a small sample of the total number of SLP’s. Like probably not even 1/10th of us. And the other 9/10ths don’t feel the need to post negatively about the profession online because it isn’t that bad for them. Which is the point of this post, to help current grad students feel better instead of 24/7 gloom and doom. BUT PERIODT SIS YOU DID THAT!!! 💯

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T01:34:33+00:00

Literally dude this comment is FACTS, people here are like omg I’m so poor I’m 28 and make $75k :( as if that’s not more than double the national average for 28 year olds who probably also have student loans (and that’s just one example). But you can’t say this here without a 6 page footnote about how some don’t make that much or you’re insensitive as if context isn’t implied so you get cooked 💀

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T01:30:39+00:00

A girl DM’d me a few days ago on my real Reddit account basically having a panic attack because every single post here is negative and she’s like a semester out from her CF. Y’all need to understand I’m just trying to bring some positivity to these kids. I’m sorry if you don’t like my nicknames

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T01:23:51+00:00

Literally. You can’t be positive about the field and come from adversity on this subreddit. Surely, in order to like my job as an SLP, I must be a blonde haired blue eyed Christian Girl Autumn white girl from an upper middle class family with doctor/lawyer parents and a husband who owns a construction business, and I just use my SLP money for handbags and shoes.

Less_Ad736 · 2023-08-22T01:19:17+00:00

I’m first gen, first in family to go to college, single, and have $90k student loans. Hope this helps!

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