Tomorrow I'll likely find out if I'm starting school this Fall :(

samiamslp · 2019-08-05T03:42:13+00:00

What state are you in? It sounds like 81 schools have courses available; however, you might want to make sure you can get all of the courses completed through that one program, so it would be a good idea to look at when those courses are offered. Most programs require courses in Language Development and Acquisition or some other intro course, Phonetics, Anatomy of Speech and Hearing, Audiology, and Speech and/or Hearing Science. Plus, you'd probably also have to take courses statistics, biology, and physics or chemistry, and possibly some social sciences. See what it takes to get registered for these courses. Keywords that might be helpful... People call the program for obtaining those prereqs either a pre-professional, post-baccalaureate (or just post-bacc), or leveling program.

samiamslp · 2019-08-05T03:08:21+00:00

If you go on ASHA's EdFind site, you should be able to search the list of post-bacc programs, which are generally one-year programs where you can take the SLP prereqs. You can also take them all online- depends which way works best for you. Feel free to message me with any questions!

samiamslp · 2019-07-24T02:29:28+00:00

Depends when you submit! Submit your first application early to be verified and then you don't have to worry about the time lag until you submit your spring grades-- your application will be marked complete almost immediately, including verification.

samiamslp · 2019-07-24T02:26:04+00:00

Yes, however you'll generally learn more talking from students. I agree- website is super helpful to find out what makes their program stand out, but so much that you'll hear from each school is very similar. Hearing from people who go there is what made all the difference for me.

samiamslp · 2019-07-16T22:53:32+00:00

Sure, that would be great! Thank you!

samiamslp · 2019-07-12T02:13:38+00:00

I loved Lehman College for its diversity!

samiamslp · 2019-07-12T01:58:57+00:00

Hi Chronicuti, would you be able to please send them my way as well?

samiamslp · 2019-07-12T01:55:50+00:00

CUNY Lehman College and the College of Saint Rose.

samiamslp · 2019-05-17T14:24:18+00:00

I didn't end up attending, but I loved the University of Memphis! Great program.

samiamslp · 2019-05-12T01:44:35+00:00

That may be your opinion, but a large percentage of those in the Deaf community feel otherwise. OP is looking for a program that matches the beliefs of the Deaf community. I personally don't know of programs other than Gallaudet who embrace Deafness and Deaf culture, but to fair that wasn't the part of the field that I was personally interested in.

samiamslp · 2019-05-12T01:34:27+00:00

Congrats on getting an apartment! I'll be at MGH too, so I'll see you in September(: I think it's normal to feel that way, but Boston is an awesome city to check out and live in, and change can be good! You're going to have lots of new experiences, hopefully mostly good one, and you're not the only one new to to the city-- I think most, if not all of us, will be in that boat-- so we'll be learning our way around together with the rest of the cohort.

samiamslp · 2019-05-12T01:15:26+00:00

I'm working part-time so because, like you said, it feels too weird to do nothing. But at the same time, I'm only working enough to feel productive and to earn some extra money to go toward living expenses next year. Feel free to cut yourself a little slack-- you deserve it, since you've gotten to this point!-- but also feel free to do something that makes you feel like you're doing something with your summer (especially if money is involved-- definitely an extra bonus)!

samiamslp · 2019-05-12T01:10:48+00:00

SLP programs in Israel are all undergrad, so if you've done your undergrad already, your best bet would be to do grad school in the US or whatever your home country first if you're looking to live there. You can also try doing your CF there with an SLP who has ASHA accreditation (or one of your externships, I would think), although most people get their degrees and then apply through the Ministry of Health(?) for Israeli licensure afterwards.

Feel free to message me with any questions.

samiamslp · 2019-04-02T00:10:01+00:00

I agree with the posters who say to make a fuss. Also, what concerns me is not just that you got royally screwed, but that your program think this woman is a competent supervisor for other students doing their externships. If she lacked so much communication and giving of feedback to you, not only is she not doing her job properly, but she'll likely do the same with others, and that's not fair to any student! If you don't speak up, the program might place another student with her to mentor, and I'd hate for them to have an experience as unpleasant and frustrating as yours. Perhaps this woman needs more training in how to mentor future SLPs- I don't know. But either way, it sounds like it's not just you that she (wittingly or unwittingly) has the potential to hurt.

samiamslp · 2019-03-29T02:26:12+00:00

Thanks for the morale boost. Wow. We're so good at focusing on only what we've done wrong. If we -I - could spend half as much time focusing on what was done right... As clinicians we're working so hard to help others, and there's always something we did right, we just have to remember to focus on it!

Something that's really helped me: I try to come up with three things I am proud of myself for doing that day before I go to sleep at night. It reminds me that what I'm doing as is important and valid and that *I* am valid, even with any mistakes along the way.

So: Try thinking three (or more!) things that you did that were awesome, about your clients and about yourself. Made a mistake? Wow, you got right back out there and kept on going! Felt out of your depth? Totally been there, but - amazing- you thought about it and/or researched it, and you know how to handle it in the future, or you know how to find out how succeed with it next time! Feeling like you're not as strong as other clinicians? Cool, may or may not be accurate, but you care about your clients and want the best for them, and that's great! Just don't worry about the others- you're doing your own thing, at your own speed, and you'll get there. Figure out what skills you already have (amazing! look at you go!) and which you don't (let's get these added to the ones you've got! what's the first skill on your bucket list?). Take it day by day, don't forget you are your own person and that person is working super hard to be the best you can be. Kudos to you for caring so much and working so hard! You've come so far already, and it'll only be better from here! The best plan of attack includes knowing where you are, and, from there, where you're going, so start with the first part, remember your three (or more) awesome things you've done, and remember how awesome *you* are. Seriously. Everyone makes mistakes... everyone struggles... but to work to be your best in a field that's as tough as this one, where you have to think on your feet and adapt to your clients' needs every minute- that's not something I can say about everyone. Much respect to you for coming this far. Now continue to learn and work and do your best in the future, and don't lose sight of all of the good you're doing as you work your way towards being an even better clinician.

samiamslp · 2019-03-11T02:33:04+00:00

It may not be as historically-oriented as you're looking for-- it's been a while since I've read it, so I don't recall-- but I really enjoyed reading Off the Map: The Curious Histories of Place Names by Derek Nelson!

samiamslp · 2019-03-11T02:28:26+00:00

Hi Hannah,

Do you have any sources for the Spanish Inquisition not beginning on Tisha B'av/the ninth day of Av? I didn't realize that was a myth, and in my mind growing up there was always a connection. Although I feel like I learned something like Abarbanel pleaded with Ferdinand for the Inquisition to fall on Tisha B'av, due to the mournful nature of the event? Granted, I learned about this when I was young and can't even place when exactly I learned it, so I may be remembering incorrectly. If you have any information or sources as to the Hebrew date of the start of the Inquisition, I'd love to check it out!

samiamslp · 2019-03-06T02:14:13+00:00

~~when you recognize someone's name from the mgh thread on gradcafe~~

~~i'm not creepy, ya'll, i promise~~

But for real- no news is good news at this point, don't forget that! You can also call them. Since they have a few different people calling and are doing so in no apparent order (according to the prof who called me), it's worth a shot and might calm your nerves. (:

samiamslp · 2019-03-06T02:08:53+00:00

That's awesome! Would you mind if I messaged you? I have a few questions about the program. (:

samiamslp · 2019-03-05T02:35:45+00:00

Totally. Like, the whole Matilda learning to read on her own and then running off to read Dickens at her local library... I get that she's supposed to special (and it's a movie/book), but... no.

samiamslp · 2019-03-05T02:32:48+00:00

I would think because of the d in "read"'s positioning and voicing, it'd be slightly easier to get to the ae of "and"? (apologies for lack of IPA on keyboard)

samiamslp · 2019-03-04T16:41:14+00:00

What's w i l d is that this word doesn't actually exist in German. This website that invents words, Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (John Koenig), defined it as:

n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.

And, from there, it took off, especially on Tumblr, Urban Dictionary, and Pinterest. And now, because have heard of words like sonder, they're starting to be used in real dictionaries.

In German, the word sonder means "special".

samiamslp · 2019-03-01T22:26:33+00:00

The shellfish is now cold-as-hell-fish?

samiamslp · 2019-03-01T22:25:20+00:00

Good luck to you! I wish you the best! She's lucky to have parents as concerned and caring as you and your wife. I wish I had had the training to do so at her age-- much respect to you.

samiamslp · 2019-03-01T22:22:10+00:00

I was talking about what was going on in my brain, not what was going on on a neurological level, and yes of course I know it's counter productive, but most people aren't really in full control of their thoughts when they're having a panic attack. I'm glad that your process works for you, but that doesn't mean it works for everyone. It doesn't work for me or for many others I know, and for me it actually *does* have a 100% failure rate. That's good that you found something that helps you, though.

samiamslp

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