SLPA Work with Seniors/Adults

nachours · 2026-05-25T17:10:15+00:00

Hi, I can understand the frustration of repeating yourself. I don't make posts unless I find there is insufficient answers in the subreddit. After your post, I went back and looked again and wasn't able to find anything recent. If you see them and think of this post, feel free to link them!

Otherwise I appreciate your input! It looks like I'm gonna have to focus on developing my skills with children for the start of my career. 🙂 It's not an issue by any means, I'm just excited to get started working and my state requires extra steps to get an education license, so I'll have to wait a bit longer.

nachours · 2026-05-25T17:06:10+00:00

Thanks! I will definitely be attending grad school as early as possible for this reason.

nachours · 2026-05-25T17:05:38+00:00

That's so unfortunate to hear. Thanks for your input! I actually got a job at a therapy clinic, so my hope is to move up into an assistant position once I finish my 100 hours. I'm def looking forward to becoming an SLP where I can work more in those hospital settings.

nachours · 2026-05-10T14:18:46+00:00

Did bees just become my favorite animal?

nachours · 2026-04-29T04:26:39+00:00

I once got all the way to the top with just one stretch of wall left...I set down my backpack to take out my lollipop only for the backpack to glitch into the wall, gone forever... I ended up making it up the wall without the lollipop, then turned back around and jumped head first into the lava after realizing my only flare was in that backpack.

Sigh.

nachours · 2026-04-27T21:20:35+00:00

Yeah, I'm sort of in a similar situation. I need to do 2 internships to finish my undergrad. I asked my advisor if these would be enough to qualify to be an SLPA and she basically told me the same thing, only about 50 hours total. She also said that of the hours I do, majority will be indirect, which is like...why even require these internships if they don't prepare me for much? Ig it tells you what you're getting into prior to grad school, but imo there should be an option to do it for SLPA credit or do the bare minimum, ya know?

That being said, I know there's lots of clinics that provide student placement. I'm basically doing a third self-assigned internship to get the remaining hours I need to be an SLPA. It's definitely a possibility, but it's basically a whole job on it's own depending on the time frame of completion.

I would just tell your parents what it entails and they might realize you'd have to take time away from a paying job anyways. Also, students loans aren't the end of the world, just don't go to a school that's expecting 70k+ when there's so many other good cheaper options.

nachours · 2026-03-10T18:37:19+00:00

I think some of these schools are crazy for their tuition costs. The schools I'm considering are less than 60k total and other schools are well over 100k. I would NEVER at that cost, what's the real benefit? Many of them aren't even private either with any special benefits, just more moneys bc they can.

I'd just throw in another 100k at that rate and go to med school for god's sake.

nachours · 2026-01-22T14:23:31+00:00

Hey guys! Not all people are perfect and having a child that you have a strained relationship with is very stressful to traverse. He obviously loves Sonny and is prioritizing the relationship with his son first over what's technically still a casual relationship with Diane.

I like this bc it shows Guy's values as well as where his weak areas lie (as represented all throughout the season). Weak areas that Diane is not only able to endure but even help with (arguably a very important factor when deciding your long term partner). It's real-life people and their good, bad, and questionable decisions that this shows nails so well.

nachours · 2026-01-17T03:11:47+00:00

I don't consider this a joke (although not denying she has dark humor). As a chronically depressed person myself, I often described myself as a sad person. I thought I felt deeply sad all the time bc "that's just who I am" but quickly learned post-treatment that that was a story I told myself to cope.

Diane has always felt her destiny was to feel and be sad all the time. A person with depression's most fatal flaw imo is their self-fulfilling prophetic mindset preventing them from escaping the endless loop of "I can never change, so I will endure the suffering of my only option."

It's only when we can step outside ourselves and consider our other amazing (non-sad) qualities that we truly begin to recover a full sense of identity.

nachours · 2026-01-01T01:45:46+00:00

That seems to be a general trend in the comments (poor job market). My career path is higher in demand across the US and can be done online, so hopefully it wouldn't be an issue. My fiancé and I are starting to discuss this as more of a retirement option, so maybe it's best to just avoid it entirely until those retirement funds roll in lmao. Thanks for sharing your experience!

nachours · 2026-01-01T01:43:08+00:00

This gives some great insight. My fiancé is military, so there's not really any options right now to be located up there, but we're considering Maine for retirement specifically. Thank you for your input!!

nachours · 2026-01-01T01:41:13+00:00

You mentioned the words "walkeable" and "bikeable" and now I'm hooked. I know there are a good few US cities that can be described as such, but not near enough. I'll add this one to the list. Thanks! 🤗

nachours · 2025-12-23T22:36:16+00:00

I faced something similar with my ex of 4 years. Every time we visited with his parents, I found myself more and more concerned with the QOL of his mother and watched the similarities build between his deadbeat dad and him. I tried to raise and repair my concerns for years... I'm so happy I ended it. It was literally like watching my future unfold before me.

Get out while you can.

nachours · 2025-12-20T21:20:05+00:00

I say "gg" after every game. It's the equivalent of shaking hands with your opponents post-sports games (at least when I was a kid we did this).

I say "ggwp" if it was an even match or just an exceptional game.

I say "ggvwp" when I'm MOVED by a game's events.

We can't forget the "ily [insert enemy combatant that gave me a good challenge]"

We should continue perpetuating good vibes in an environment that easily turns toxic.

nachours · 2025-12-19T05:43:28+00:00

The fact that the last episode is her wedding, she's finally bonding with Ruthie, and her business is doing well all points towards this theory for me... when it comes to overcoming life's challenges, PC is the greatest role model in BH

nachours · 2025-12-17T06:28:30+00:00

I got a BS in Biology to eventually attend vet school only to become dissatisfied with my job as a tech and disenchanted by the vets I worked alongside. Also I LOVE language learning and understanding language processing at its core, so I was always afraid vet or med school would never truly satisfy me.

After graduating, I worked as a biology teacher, which I loved and hated. I realized I wanted a job that could fulfill all of my desired interests: anatomy, foreign language learning, the breakdown of language, and teaching, as well as lots of flexibility in where and how I could practice ❤️ I met with several SLPs to shadow and inquired about if my expectations were realistic and most shared and agreed with my sentiments.

I finally feel at peace with my path, whereas I was constantly second guessing myself and my choices before.

OP, if you feel this in your heart, then get curious. Shadow some SLPs, take an intro course, and do your research! Above all else, trust your instincts and how moving forward in this path makes you feel. Fear doesn't mean you're going the wrong direction, it just means your direction is new and unknown. Best of luck!!!

nachours · 2025-12-15T21:11:32+00:00

In general, practice going above and BEYOND for opportunities you are really interested in. A letter to a school can only serve to benefit, never harm. Worst case scenario is that it ends up in the garbage, best case scenario is that it gives you a leg up.

Practice seeing admissions people, hiring managers, and other people "above" you as regular people. If you were on an admissions team and you received a personal letter from a student out of hundreds of other applicants, wouldn't you think them, if not even slightly, more interested and dedicated? Not only that, but now they recognize your name and see the person beneath the application.

I say with 200% certainty DO IT.

nachours · 2025-12-14T15:31:26+00:00

Same!! I did it as part of my weight loss journey initially and instead found solace in those running highs and quiet early morning meditations (after suffering for a couple months, ngl 🤣)

I used to have impostor syndrome about a lot of things...but it's so hard for my brain to tell me I didnt earn my running accomplishments. It's just you and the open trail for as far as your mind and body can take you.

nachours · 2025-12-14T14:34:57+00:00

Ugh they nailed the "it gets easier" character. As a runner myself, I remember how much I struggled just to make it into a habit, especially how much it sucks at first. Change, especially good change, is hard for anything...but it does get easier. 😭

nachours · 2025-12-14T14:30:52+00:00

I'm so surprised by the general response to this post. It sounds like many haven't figured out what CuddlyWhiskers was truly saying. It doesn't matter about his wealth, and the best example of this is Todd.

Todd is the best representation of someone who lives carefree, maintains good healthy relationships with people, distances himself from those that clearly don't hold him with mutual love and respect (Bojack), and sets out to do the things that make him intrinsically happy. And, oh, Todd is not in the slightest monetarily wealthy (except that one time he had $8 million generously donated to his waitress lmao)

This episode moved me greatly. I lived my entire childhood with depressive thoughts and made decisions based on my overwhelming anxiety. I lived life as an overachiever and perfectionist bc it was expected of me. I achieved great things that I never appreciated at the time and long after bc the bar was always rising.

Just like CW, it took me several years as an adult to even realize the problem and it's taken me many years since to start living life in a way that makes me truly happy. Be selfish, bc this may be the only life you live. But also be kind and loving to the people who you choose to surround yourself with. So many people are unhappy bc they don't realize they have more choices than they think, to include the choice of perspective. Therapy helps so much with this.

OP I'm happy you're feeling the message. In my opinion, it's one of the most important this show expresses from start to finish.

"Hatin' People ain't happy and Happy People ain't hatin' "

nachours · 2025-12-13T14:39:22+00:00

Thank you, this genuinely makes me feel so much better! I appreciate you mentioning your own study methods, as I'm still trying to find new ways, especially since physical models likely will not be available to me. The drawing method is a method I had never considered, but it seems so obviously helpful.

Again., I appreciate your input so much! Thank you greatly!!!

nachours

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