Crimson Wife Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I feel simultaneously nervous and excited after registering for summer online courses through Utah State. I'm going to be taking "Language, Speech, and Hearing Development" and "Fundamentals of Anatomy for Speech & Language" as a conditional admit. I also submitted an application for fall to the 2nd bachelor's in Communicative Disorders. I decided on Utah State rather than Cal State Northridge's online program even though the cost is a bit higher because USU has a really strong grad program in Listening and Spoken Language for the deaf/hard-of-hearing. When I looked at the students in the LSL program, every single one of them had an undergrad degree (either 1st or 2nd) from USU. So it looks like they strongly favor their own undergrads in admissions and if I want to have a shot, I should do the pre-reqs with them rather than CSU. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer&Mom Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Congrats! Very exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 :hurray: Good for you! (and others). I know you will do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuddleJumper1 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 :thumbup: That's great!! Good luck with your studies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Awesome! Very exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Ooo, there can never be too many hardworking, committed SLPs!!! You go girl! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I just saw this title and had to congratulate you! Our SLP was (is, really; she's still practicing, afaik, even though my children have graduated) her weight in gold, and the world needs more wonderful SLPs! Best of luck to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Congratulations!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Ariel Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 That's fantastic! Wishing you all the best! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Thanks for the well wishes everyone! I still have a long road to go before becoming a certified SLP. If I do the 2nd bachelor's at a half-time pace, it will take me 6 semesters. Then I will need to apply to the master's program. Admission is competitive and I don't know whether I'll face an age bias. But if I can get good grades in the 2nd bachelor's program and strong GRE scores like I had back in the day (sadly long expired now) that should help my chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitofthewomb Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Yea for you! I was an SLP & had several non traditional students make the cut for grad school. It was competitive but I bet you do great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyomarie Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Congratulations on your decision! Weren't you thinking of doing an ed therapy program? The speech/language emphasis will certainly help you with your own child! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Congratulations on your decision! Weren't you thinking of doing an ed therapy program? The speech/language emphasis will certainly help you with your own child! I was actually in the middle of putting together an application when we learned of the hearing loss. I may still do a certificate in ed therapy but not the full master's. A master's in SLP plus the certificate would satisfy the criteria for certification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OneStepAtATime Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 You rock, CW. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyomarie Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I was actually in the middle of putting together an application when we learned of the hearing loss. I may still do a certificate in ed therapy but not the full master's. A master's in SLP plus the certificate would satisfy the criteria for certification. That sounds like a good combination! In the fall, I will be doing my internship for the UCR Educational Therapy Certificate. I'll also be applying to upgrade my AET membership from student to associate. With those in place, I'll be able to start building my practice a little more actively. However, in order to be eligible for board certification, I'll still need to go on for a full master's degree. I'm currently reviewing programs again to figure out which direction to go for my master's. It really needs to be online, because I don't have a school near me that really has what I want to study. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShellyGraves Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Congrats! I am an SLP and it is a very rewarding career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 That sounds like a good combination! In the fall, I will be doing my internship for the UCR Educational Therapy Certificate. I'll also be applying to upgrade my AET membership from student to associate. With those in place, I'll be able to start building my practice a little more actively. However, in order to be eligible for board certification, I'll still need to go on for a full master's degree. I'm currently reviewing programs again to figure out which direction to go for my master's. It really needs to be online, because I don't have a school near me that really has what I want to study. One low-residency hybrid program that you might want to consider that I've been looking at is University of Southern Mississippi's M.Ed. in Dyslexia Therapy. It's mostly online but students do take on-campus classes over 2 summers. https://www.usm.edu/dubard/master-education-degree-dyslexia-therapy Southern Miss has a strong SLP program for working with the D/HoH and if I'm already there, I might see if I can combine it with the dyslexia therapy program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyomarie Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 One low-residency hybrid program that you might want to consider that I've been looking at is University of Southern Mississippi's M.Ed. in Dyslexia Therapy. It's mostly online but students do take on-campus classes over 2 summers. https://www.usm.edu/dubard/master-education-degree-dyslexia-therapy Southern Miss has a strong SLP program for working with the D/HoH and if I'm already there, I might see if I can combine it with the dyslexia therapy program. Thanks for sharing this information. It looks like it could be a good program if I decide I want to focus specifically on dyslexia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Thanks for sharing this information. It looks like it could be a good program if I decide I want to focus specifically on dyslexia. It is IMSLEC-accredited so you would meet the certification requirements for ALTA. What intrigues me about the specific reading intervention they use (DuBard Association Method) is that it is based off of one originally developed by the Central Institute for the Deaf. I don't know how appropriate the current version is for students with hearing loss but they might have a copy of the old program in their archives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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