So, you're an undergrad speech student, and you want EXPERIENCE!
So don't take the lackadaisical (GRE WORD!!) route and, instead, be proactive!!!
Need some bolstering (we can never have enough GRE words)? Well, we've made you a whole list of options that you could look into!
- School settings:
- Special Education/Program or Mainstream Schools
- Teacher's assistant
- Personal shadow for a special student
- Observer
- Hospital Setting
- Rehabilitation Centers
- Pediatric/Geriatric Speech Therapy
- Feeding/Swallowing Groups
- Screening/Evaluation Centers
- Research (check your local universities and colleges)
- Speech-Pathology/Audiology Clinical Settings
- Special Needs Camps
- Nursing Homes
- Abroad Options
- Specialty Clinics (who specialize in: Aphasia, CP, Traumatic Brain Injury, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Lou Gehrig's Disease, etc.)
- Special Internship Programs
- This site has various opportunities- so click here!!
Although summer has already begun, ask around! You never know what could be available! Ask at your local temples/churches/community centers etc. Email your professors! Look through the ads in those parenting magazines that you always ignore! Ask family members and friends for opportunities!
For those of you who have more summers before graduation, plan ahead! For example, some hospitals require applications in March to begin volunteering in the summer.
Take advantage of this time-- it could lead to future connections and opportunities ;)
Good luck,
--SLP Nation
