Speech and language pathology

education and never taken it lightly. My teachers prepare me for my future, so it is my job to learn as much as I can so that I may be an amazing speech-language pathologist one day. I strive to be one of the best students in my classes. I want to stand-out academically and professionally. I want to be considered a great representation for the speech-language pathology program. I want to be the student my professors have confidence in. I want to be a student they could count on for not only…

with the purpose being to create a well-rounded, broadly educated person. Having knowledge in different subjects can be helpful in any professional field, including mine, which is speech-language pathology. By taking a multitude of classes, I will be more prepared when working in the professional field as a speech-language pathologist. The goal of this professional is to help people with communication disorders communicate more effectively. In order to help people, I must be able to speak with…

learned the value of hard work, culture, and education. Originally, my ancestry is traced back to Lebanon, a country located along the Mediterranean Sea, where my dad immigrated at the age of eighteen. He arrived in a country where he barely knew the language, had no family, and only the money my grandparents gave him. My father graduated from Marquette University with a bachelor’s degree in computer science while juggling two jobs at the time. The value of hard work and persistency in my…

and most people live well into adulthood. Factors that could affect life span include severity of impairments, restricted mobility, or respiratory functions. CP can include co-occurring symptoms such as involuntary movements, poor balance, impaired speech, or poor posture. The heterogeneity of symptoms are due to the varying areas of the brain that can be damaged in CP. Studies have shown that children with CP could have intellectual disabilities, epilepsy, hearing loss, or vision loss.…

What would life feel like we struggled to pronounce our own name? Or what if we couldn’t read a sentence aloud without stuttering. Over three millions americans struggle with this speech disorder on a daily basis (U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2010). Stuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is broken by repetitions, prolongations, or abnormal stoppages of sounds and syllables (U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2010). Stuttering is also one of the most well known…

evoke desired response that is immediately followed by a consequent event (i.e., reinforcement or punishment) to increase desired behaviors or decrease undesired one. Moreover, ABA concentrates on improving adaptive behaviors, communication, and language; reduction of behaviors that may negatively affect…

didn’t care if I stuttered with my speech or fumbled with my words. In that department, there was a speech therapist who saw my struggle and knew how to help me; she would guide me to visualize a connection from my brain to my mouth and eventually I wasn’t so nervous to talk during school. That’s why I believe the right career for me is a speech-language pathologist. I know the frustration of not being understood. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, speech therapists typically need at…

Edwards, in a study about the difference between Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and inexperienced listeners, results revealed that experienced SLPs lead to better perception of phonetic detail in children’s speech. Experienced listeners…

Speech-Language Pathology is my passion. To me, there’s no better feeling than to know that I have influenced not only my client’s life but also the individuals surrounding them. I feel fulfilled as a professional who provide scaffolds to help my clients succeed with confidence. The major attributes that has help me achieve my passion have been hard work and commitment. These qualities rationalize why I wanted to become a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) in the first place. A dream that…

Language acquisition is a process that humans can acquire the ability of perceive and comprehend language, as well as produce the words in order to communicate. Theorists have developed different theories to explain language acquisition. Each of them has his own view. However, Chomsky had a different view on acquisition of language, as he believed language acquisition is inborn which means that the language comes from the parents and its inherited. The theorist believes children have innate…