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The praxis changes regularly so don't get caught up in studying one topic profusely and not another. My version was different than many of my classmates who took it a month before I did. I reviewed material from all my classmates generally and passed fine. It's big on case study applications in addition to straightforward facts. One version might have more questions on a certain topic while another has one or none on that but a bunch on a different topic. If I had to recommend something I'd say be prepared for both eval and treatment questions, and even review undergrad stuff like hearing/speech science. Some people will study a lot and others will just go take it. Depends on your test taking ability. Definitely take a practice test if nothing else. 

Multiple classmates and myself either got married or attended weddings out of state during a semester. It helps once you know your clinic schedule and policies for cancelling clients and making up sessions. We planned ahead and talked to supervisors early so they were prepared. I'd also recommend not saying hey I'll be gone, but make it more a request, is it okay if I miss? Like a time off request at a job. Don't just inform them you're leaving. As long as it's not a habit hopefully it'll be okay. Between an out of state wedding and funeral plus illness I was able to make up what I missed and supervisors were fine. 

1.  My clinic had plenty of materials already and charged a small fee with tuition to cover use. I think I bought a couple folders to send home as home program once but that's it. 
2. First year most classes for me were in the morning except Fridays and once a week a 2-3 hour class in the evening. Clients were then scheduled anywhere in between normal business hours either 1-2 times a week for 50 min. 
3. Clinic can be stressful mainly with planning, and figuring out test results and goals with reports. My externships I got a lot of support from supervisors and they eased me into everything. Take advantage of your cohort and supervisors for support and ideas - you don't have to reinvent the wheel. 
4. Time management is really the crux of grad school. We all agreed that grad school isnt hard per se, just time consuming. Best advice is to give yourself a break on part of the weekend (have a cohort movie night on Saturday) and again, don't try to reinvent the wheel. You don't need to spend hours cutting and laminating new materials. Kids aren't always that impressed with fancy things so don't spend excess time if materials are already available. Occasionally I made my own but it's too much to make a habit of. 
5. They expect you to participate and generally be on top of material. I knew my grad profs much better since we were fewer than undergrad. 
6. I started summer term so we had clients our second month. But most who start school in fall don't get clients til spring term I've heard. 
7. We were given the files and if it was a returning client the supervisor usually knew them already which helped. We could review past tests and reports. If it was a new client, we often had little to go on but usually age and maybe referral reason to help plan testing. It also depends on supervisors and how you click with them and their style of supervising. 
Do your best to ask questions and take initiative. Don't feel bad if you have a crappy session or even get emotional during a supervisor meeting. It's all new and can be tough but not impossible. And eventually you'll be surprised that you're about to start a CF and finally get paid for everything! 
Hope this helped! Good luck!

1.  My clinic had plenty of materials already and charged a small fee with tuition to cover use. I think I bought a couple folders to send home as home program once but that's it. 
2. First year most classes for me were in the morning except Fridays and once a week a 2-3 hour class in the evening. Clients were then scheduled anywhere in between normal business hours either 1-2 times a week for 50 min. 
3. Clinic can be stressful mainly with planning, and figuring out test results and goals with reports. My externships I got a lot of support from supervisors and they eased me into everything. Take advantage of your cohort and supervisors for support and ideas - you don't have to reinvent the wheel. 
4. Time management is really the crux of grad school. We all agreed that grad school isnt hard per se, just time consuming. Best advice is to give yourself a break on part of the weekend (have a cohort movie night on Saturday) and again, don't try to reinvent the wheel. You don't need to spend hours cutting and laminating new materials. Kids aren't always that impressed with fancy things so don't spend excess time if materials are already available. Occasionally I made my own but it's too much to make a habit of. 
5. They expect you to participate and generally be on top of material. I knew my grad profs much better since we were fewer than undergrad. 
6. I started summer term so we had clients our second month. But most who start school in fall don't get clients til spring term I've heard. 
7. We were given the files and if it was a returning client the supervisor usually knew them already which helped. We could review past tests and reports. If it was a new client, we often had little to go on but usually age and maybe referral reason to help plan testing. It also depends on supervisors and how you click with them and their style of supervising. 
Do your best to ask questions and take initiative. Don't feel bad if you have a crappy session or even get emotional during a supervisor meeting. It's all new and can be tough but not impossible. And eventually you'll be surprised that you're about to start a CF and finally get paid for everything! 
Hope this helped! Good luck!

1.  My clinic had plenty of materials already and charged a small fee with tuition to cover use. I think I bought a couple folders to send home as home program once but that's it. 
2. First year most classes for me were in the morning except Fridays and once a week a 2-3 hour class in the evening. Clients were then scheduled anywhere in between normal business hours either 1-2 times a week for 50 min. 
3. Clinic can be stressful mainly with planning, and figuring out test results and goals with reports. My externships I got a lot of support from supervisors and they eased me into everything. Take advantage of your cohort and supervisors for support and ideas - you don't have to reinvent the wheel. 
4. Time management is really the crux of grad school. We all agreed that grad school isnt hard per se, just time consuming. Best advice is to give yourself a break on part of the weekend (have a cohort movie night on Saturday) and again, don't try to reinvent the wheel. You don't need to spend hours cutting and laminating new materials. Kids aren't always that impressed with fancy things so don't spend excess time if materials are already available. Occasionally I made my own but it's too much to make a habit of. 
5. They expect you to participate and generally be on top of material. I knew my grad profs much better since we were fewer than undergrad. 
6. I started summer term so we had clients our second month. But most who start school in fall don't get clients til spring term I've heard. 
7. We were given the files and if it was a returning client the supervisor usually knew them already which helped. We could review past tests and reports. If it was a new client, we often had little to go on but usually age and maybe referral reason to help plan testing. It also depends on supervisors and how you click with them and their style of supervising. 
Do your best to ask questions and take initiative. Don't feel bad if you have a crappy session or even get emotional during a supervisor meeting. It's all new and can be tough but not impossible. And eventually you'll be surprised that you're about to start a CF and finally get paid for everything! 
Hope this helped! Good luck!

At my university, the only difference is whether you complete a thesis. Everything else was the same. Most of us will have an MA (no thesis). 

Mine is 6. They added a summer at the beginning so we could knock out two classes in June and then start clinic in July. Then the next summer and the last spring are purely externship, no classes. A good deal really. 

I'm doing mostly inpatient rehab right now but starting to increase with acutes as well. Rehab gets a little repetitive as I see most people twice a day, but planning and activities is easy. We don't usually follow acutes after eval except for diet checks and occasional aphasia tx. Rehab has been mostly cog tx with some aphasia, swallowing, and oral motor/dysarthria. Acutes is split between bedside swallow, speech evals, and some videos. Generally I get more hours on rehab since I see them twice whereas acute evals are 10-15 min. Overall I have plenty of hours, way over 400 since this is my last practicum. It will depend on the number of admits to rehab and orders on acutes. My placement focuses on the CLQT MOCA SLUMS and ALFA tests the most but we have others. 

For UVA I had to bug Prof Robey I think to find out about an offer of funding.  It wasn't in the initial acceptance. Other schools said right away in the acceptance about funding. 

I was asked: how would you handle supervisor/constructive feedback or disagreeing with supervisor? (Something along those lines)

Mid feb to march is most common/the earliest usually. Waitlist offers generally mid April and after til spots are filled. Keep busy with other activities to distract yourself and avoid constantly checking this forum.  been there done that, especially my first round of applications and all it does is increase the anxiety. 

Mid feb to march is most common/the earliest usually. Waitlist offers generally mid April and after til spots are filled. Keep busy with other activities to distract yourself and avoid constantly checking this forum.  been there done that, especially my first round of applications and all it does is increase the anxiety. 

This stuff is incredibly confusing and I may not be 100% right on this. As far as I can tell it isn't about reciprocity. It's listing which states have extra or specialized requirements for licensure in the schools. When you graduate you have a degree and then start a CF. At some point (possibly before the CF? Or when getting your CCCs?) you need to be licensed in the state you are working in and that license may have specific requirements besides the masters'  to work in certain settings. When I went to an open house last year for a program they were adamant about completing certain teaching requirements or you could never work in a school in that state. So it's very dependent on the state and the type of facility. I don't understand fully the licensure stuff yet though my professional class should cover it soon. If you want details on reciprocity I would go to the state by state page on asha linked on your original page about credentials. They may mention whether the state considers reciprocity at all. Regardless to be in a school in many places you may need an additional license of sorts to practice. 

My first round I applied to 5 and my second round 10. My second round if I were to go back there's probably two schools I wouldn't have bothered with and they were ones I got wait listed at and I wasn't as interested in attending. My reasoning behind so many schools was to avoid applying a third time. If you've got the time and funds then it might be worth it to apply to a lot. But look seriously at whether your scores have been in the accepted range at those schools and whether you'd really consider those programs based on cost or the program itself. If not, then it's probably not worth the application. I also thought a couple schools on my list were safety schools and yet I didn't get into those. Moral of that story, there's no guarantee but hey you might get into schools you thought were a reach. 

My first round I applied to 5 and my second round 10. My second round if I were to go back there's probably two schools I wouldn't have bothered with and they were ones I got wait listed at and I wasn't as interested in attending. My reasoning behind so many schools was to avoid applying a third time. If you've got the time and funds then it might be worth it to apply to a lot. But look seriously at whether your scores have been in the accepted range at those schools and whether you'd really consider those programs based on cost or the program itself. If not, then it's probably not worth the application. I also thought a couple schools on my list were safety schools and yet I didn't get into those. Moral of that story, there's no guarantee but hey you might get into schools you thought were a reach. 

Grad school is definitely a full time job but it's all about time management. I did not work this past year and relied on loans and I'm glad I could just focus on school. However it's doable for some people if you can find a TA job or something on the evenings or weekends. I wouldn't try much more than 10 hours though. It just is too much with classes and surviving clinic. One other thing that would help is trying to minimize time planning for sessions. You don't need to spend hours creating crafty things. If your clinic had a good materials room take advantage of anything ready made or games/toys so you can save time on session planning. 

Grad school is definitely a full time job but it's all about time management. I did not work this past year and relied on loans and I'm glad I could just focus on school. However it's doable for some people if you can find a TA job or something on the evenings or weekends. I wouldn't try much more than 10 hours though. It just is too much with classes and surviving clinic. One other thing that would help is trying to minimize time planning for sessions. You don't need to spend hours creating crafty things. If your clinic had a good materials room take advantage of anything ready made or games/toys so you can save time on session planning. 

Grad school is definitely a full time job but it's all about time management. I did not work this past year and relied on loans and I'm glad I could just focus on school. However it's doable for some people if you can find a TA job or something on the evenings or weekends. I wouldn't try much more than 10 hours though. It just is too much with classes and surviving clinic. One other thing that would help is trying to minimize time planning for sessions. You don't need to spend hours creating crafty things. If your clinic had a good materials room take advantage of anything ready made or games/toys so you can save time on session planning. 

Grad school is definitely a full time job but it's all about time management. I did not work this past year and relied on loans and I'm glad I could just focus on school. However it's doable for some people if you can find a TA job or something on the evenings or weekends. I wouldn't try much more than 10 hours though. It just is too much with classes and surviving clinic. One other thing that would help is trying to minimize time planning for sessions. You don't need to spend hours creating crafty things. If your clinic had a good materials room take advantage of anything ready made or games/toys so you can save time on session planning. 

I probably could. I'm a current student and applied two years in a row. Msg me and I'll try to review it 

Take advantage of your cohort. Mine has relied on each other so much and it has really helped. I don't think we would've made it without each other. Hopefully you won't have a super competitive or cliquey cohort. We help with studying, therapy ideas, ranting, etc. You might not be best friends with everybody but if y'all can avoid drama and get along then that'll be huge. 2 years is a long time!
Try to schedule in some breaks. For awhile a few of us did movie nights on Saturdays just to stop doing school for a couple hours and hang out. 
Im not sure I have much I wish I knew. grad school is tough but it's more time consuming than academically challenging. Balancing clinic and class has been hard but doable. I started last June and now the first year is finally over and by far it'll be the worst year. If you can survive the first couple of semesters you'll be fine! Just gotta stay motivated and keep going because it's so easy to get burned out. Highly recommend making a paper chain near the last couple weeks of a semester to count down how many clinic days were left haha.  we put ours in our materials room. 
I can't think of much else. It'll be intense but you can do it! Soon you'll wonder where the time went as you head off to an externship and then you can give advice to the new grads. Good luck!

Take advantage of your cohort. Mine has relied on each other so much and it has really helped. I don't think we would've made it without each other. Hopefully you won't have a super competitive or cliquey cohort. We help with studying, therapy ideas, ranting, etc. You might not be best friends with everybody but if y'all can avoid drama and get along then that'll be huge. 2 years is a long time!
Try to schedule in some breaks. For awhile a few of us did movie nights on Saturdays just to stop doing school for a couple hours and hang out. 
Im not sure I have much I wish I knew. grad school is tough but it's more time consuming than academically challenging. Balancing clinic and class has been hard but doable. I started last June and now the first year is finally over and by far it'll be the worst year. If you can survive the first couple of semesters you'll be fine! Just gotta stay motivated and keep going because it's so easy to get burned out. Highly recommend making a paper chain near the last couple weeks of a semester to count down how many clinic days were left haha.  we put ours in our materials room. 
I can't think of much else. It'll be intense but you can do it! Soon you'll wonder where the time went as you head off to an externship and then you can give advice to the new grads. Good luck!

Take advantage of your cohort. Mine has relied on each other so much and it has really helped. I don't think we would've made it without each other. Hopefully you won't have a super competitive or cliquey cohort. We help with studying, therapy ideas, ranting, etc. You might not be best friends with everybody but if y'all can avoid drama and get along then that'll be huge. 2 years is a long time!
Try to schedule in some breaks. For awhile a few of us did movie nights on Saturdays just to stop doing school for a couple hours and hang out. 
Im not sure I have much I wish I knew. grad school is tough but it's more time consuming than academically challenging. Balancing clinic and class has been hard but doable. I started last June and now the first year is finally over and by far it'll be the worst year. If you can survive the first couple of semesters you'll be fine! Just gotta stay motivated and keep going because it's so easy to get burned out. Highly recommend making a paper chain near the last couple weeks of a semester to count down how many clinic days were left haha.  we put ours in our materials room. 
I can't think of much else. It'll be intense but you can do it! Soon you'll wonder where the time went as you head off to an externship and then you can give advice to the new grads. Good luck!

Take advantage of your cohort. Mine has relied on each other so much and it has really helped. I don't think we would've made it without each other. Hopefully you won't have a super competitive or cliquey cohort. We help with studying, therapy ideas, ranting, etc. You might not be best friends with everybody but if y'all can avoid drama and get along then that'll be huge. 2 years is a long time!
Try to schedule in some breaks. For awhile a few of us did movie nights on Saturdays just to stop doing school for a couple hours and hang out. 
Im not sure I have much I wish I knew. grad school is tough but it's more time consuming than academically challenging. Balancing clinic and class has been hard but doable. I started last June and now the first year is finally over and by far it'll be the worst year. If you can survive the first couple of semesters you'll be fine! Just gotta stay motivated and keep going because it's so easy to get burned out. Highly recommend making a paper chain near the last couple weeks of a semester to count down how many clinic days were left haha.  we put ours in our materials room. 
I can't think of much else. It'll be intense but you can do it! Soon you'll wonder where the time went as you head off to an externship and then you can give advice to the new grads. Good luck!

Take advantage of your cohort. Mine has relied on each other so much and it has really helped. I don't think we would've made it without each other. Hopefully you won't have a super competitive or cliquey cohort. We help with studying, therapy ideas, ranting, etc. You might not be best friends with everybody but if y'all can avoid drama and get along then that'll be huge. 2 years is a long time!
Try to schedule in some breaks. For awhile a few of us did movie nights on Saturdays just to stop doing school for a couple hours and hang out. 
Im not sure I have much I wish I knew. grad school is tough but it's more time consuming than academically challenging. Balancing clinic and class has been hard but doable. I started last June and now the first year is finally over and by far it'll be the worst year. If you can survive the first couple of semesters you'll be fine! Just gotta stay motivated and keep going because it's so easy to get burned out. Highly recommend making a paper chain near the last couple weeks of a semester to count down how many clinic days were left haha.  we put ours in our materials room. 
I can't think of much else. It'll be intense but you can do it! Soon you'll wonder where the time went as you head off to an externship and then you can give advice to the new grads. Good luck!