On his path to SLP, the CSP Podcast, and graduate school with Jeff Stepen

What is Conversations in Speech Pathology? It is a podcast, and a neat one at that! Jeff Stepen, the show host, is a practicing speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of experience. He started in acute/subacute care in the hospital and now works with children in the schools as well as his own private practice. On the show, Jeff talks … Read more

Organize and Back Up Computer for Grad School

A classmate asked me recently how I keep my computer so organized. I had never really thought about it; organizing just kind of comes naturally to me (read: I’m a bit obsessive about it). I’m going to walk through the simple system I use to save tons of time and never lose anything for school. … Read more

Tips for Incoming SLP Grad School Students

You worked tirelessly to navigate the miserably long (and expensive!) application process and were accepted into SLP grad school. As you turn yourself towards the challenge of actually starting graduate school, you might be feeling overwhelmed and under prepared. It might be an early onset of impostor phenomena. If you´re an out-of-fielder, like me, you … Read more

What to Do While Waiting for SLP School Admission Results

Applications are in. You’re anxious to find out the results. Maybe you have coworkers or friends who are asking you that terrible question: “So have you heard from any of the schools you applied to?” to which you answer, “No, nothing yet.” And they respond, “Oh don’t worry! I know you’ll get in!” That nice (and … Read more

Some Advice and Thoughts on SLP School from Treasyri, TheSpeechMentor and SLP

I found Treasyri’s blog  TheSpeechMentor in one of my Google binge sessions in which I read everything (Yes, that’s a hyperbole) on the internet about Speech Language Pathology. I came across a post in which she talks about ways she tried to boost her application to graduate school. I was so excited by the post, that I … Read more

My Experience at the University of New Mexico’s Masters in Speech Language Pathology

My Experience So Far at The University of New Mexico Studying Speech-Language Pathology I have been putting off this post for a while. I guess I was just waiting to see what it is like. After my first semester of graduate school, I finally feel like I have something to say about my program in Speech … Read more

8 Things I Learned This Semester in USU’s online 2nd Degree Program

I’ve just finished my semester of classes at Utah State University in their online 2nd degree program! Woohoo! I took 2 courses over the 2014 summer session: Phonetics & Developmental Phonology and Language, Speech, and Hearing Development. It was an interesting semester, but I’m definitely glad its over. In this post, I’m going to give you a list of 8 … Read more