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    If you already have a bachelor's in CSD, I don't think you would be eligible for a 2nd bachelor's since those are designed for those with a bachelor's in another field (my 1st degree was in Psychology with a minor in Human Bio). You also wouldn't need to do the associate's to get a SLPA license, only the supervised fieldwork courses. At the SLPA program I'm doing, it would be 2 courses but since I won't finish the CSD bachelor's until the semester after those, I need to take 1 pre-req and 1 co-req in addition. That's still a lot less than the full SLPA associate's degree. Now if you wanted to do the full SLPA associate's to pull up your GPA, you'd certainly have the option to. It just isn't required by the state.
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    I have heard that MA has fairly easy requirements for SLPA licensing. Scroll down to #5 here: http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/licensee/dpl-boards/sp/regulations/rules-and-regs/260-cmr-200.html
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    Utah State and Eastern NM are relatively inexpensive even for out-of-state. USU is a bit more expensive but offers more flexibility in terms of course scheduling since all the core courses are offered every term. ENMU only offers courses certain semesters so for me personally it's worth paying a slightly higher tuition at USU.
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    Lindamood-Bell tutor Special Education Preschool Teacher if you have enough credits in Child Development-related courses to meet your state's requirements
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    My daughter has multiple disabilities and has received a number of different types of therapy over the years including OT, general speech, auditory-verbal therapy, PT, Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy, play therapy, and I'm probably forgetting some. There's a lot of similarity in terms of the type of people who will be successful in working with special needs kids- patient, kind, enthusiastic, having high expectations for the child and doing "with, not for", able to "think on one's feet" to take advantage of "teachable moments" as they arise during session, etc. Good OT's and PT's tend to be more kinesthetic and less verbal than SLP's. If you're the type who think it would be a blast to coach a kids' sports team, you'd make a great OT or PT. If you'd rather lead story hour at the library, you'd make a better SLP. Does that make sense?
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    I wouldn't retake courses but maybe take some interesting electives, preferably ones that you can tie into your area of interest within SLP.
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    My understanding is that Texas schools typically recalculate GPA's to eliminate + and -. That's good news if you've got more A- grades than B+ ones.
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    Specialty tracks if the applicant knows what specific area within SLP he/she wants to focus on. I want to do auditory-verbal therapy for the deaf & hard-of-hearing so my list is going to look very different from someone who wants to focus on working with bilingual/multilingual patients, adult rehab patients, those with voice disorders, etc.
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    I have heard that waiver positions strongly prefer those who hold a SLPA license. Might be hard to find one without that license.
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    Here are a couple of documents to check: http://www.isbe.net/licensure/pdf/ELIS-faq.pdf http://www.isbe.net/licensure/requirements/endsmt_struct.pdf
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    Lindamood-Bell respite agencies serving those with disabilities
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    I am really hoping that CSDCAS factors my SLPA courses at the community college into my CSD average because I've got a 4.0 so far. I'm not going to have a 4.0 this semester at USU and while one okay-but-not-stellar grade isn't likely to sink my application, any counterbalance to the hit to my GPA would definitely help.
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    You may have difficulty finding a post-bacc even willing to take you with that GPA. USU at least requires a 3.0 minimum. Might want to consider starting an associate's in SLP Asst. from a community college to get your GPA up. It's way cheaper than a 2nd bachelor's, though it does take 2 years.
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    Most people say that 3500 is easy, but my dialect made it incredibly frustrating. I don't think of myself as having a particularly strong New England accent but it's different enough from the textbook author's that I struggled with getting the "correct" answers. Ugh! I took 2500 and 3100 together and thought that was a good combo. My 2nd semester I took 5900 and 3400 and thought that was also a good combo. 3100 is all exam-based and 3400 is mostly exam-based (there is one group paper and the optional-but-worth-doing model of the middle ear project). 2500 has tedious short answer questions each week and 5900 has weekly simulation writeups plus the observation reports.
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    One of the schools in FL has an autism track. I can't remember it off the top of my head, but if no one else chimes in, ASHA's EdFind will list all the schools in FL and you can check out their webpages.
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    Are you looking to work with DHH clients? If so, Gallaudet and Fresno State have a "Total Communication" approach. Nazareth has a DHH track that is officially neutral wrt communication modalities (they have classes on Cued Speech, for example) but is closely affilated with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT and NTID is heavily pro-ASL. I want to say that San Diego State has a DHH track that is TC but I'm not 100% sure so you'd need to check. I want to become an auditory-verbal therapist so my target list looks rather different.
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    Overall I like USU. I'm doing the program half-time because I have 3 kids including one with multiple special needs. After this current semester, I'll have taken 6 of the 12 required courses, plus 1 of the 2 electives required for the deafblindness certificate. Most of the lectures are good, though not the ones for the Language Development course (which is really too bad since it's one of the more interesting topics). Definitely very convenient to be able to watch them any time or place I choose (there's an iPhone/iPad app). In most classes, the exams have to be proctored so that helps with proving equivalence to USU's on-campus degree. Nothing on the diploma or transcript distinguishes that it was completed online (though with me living in CA, that's probably obvious to grad schools). I also looked into Cal State Northridge (way more expensive), Eastern NM (not all courses are available every semester), and Sacramento State's in-person 2nd bachelor's (would require a lengthy commute + way more $$$).
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    About half of the schools on my target list require a bachelor's in CSD (either 1st or 2nd) and the other half don't. Some of the ones that don't still require specific courses (usually around 4-5). I decided to do the full 2nd bachelor's because my state requires it for SLP Asst licensing (they also require completion of supervised SLPA fieldwork, which I'm doing at a community college concurrently with the 2nd bachelor's). If I don't get into grad school on my first try, I can work as a SLPA while I re-apply. I could also potentially work as a SLPA while I'm in grad school, as there are programs designed for working SLPA's like Northern AZ's summers-only one.
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    Grad students are typically exempt from having to take theology courses unless you're getting a degree in something ministry-related. You should probably check to see if you'd be required to sign a code of conduct, and if so, what it contains.
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    Also, find out whether there is a minimum grade you would have to earn in the pre-reqs to be eligible to enter WSU this fall.
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    If you take 5 this summer, could you take the rest in your first semester of grad school? It would be a heavy workload, but if it were me, I'd at least try to convince WSU to permit it. If you take them through USU, I would do: 2500 (Language Development) 3500 (Phonetics) 3700 (Audiology) 5330 (Aural Rehab) Those are all fairly easy courses, though 2500 has time-consuming weekly discussion questions and 3500 has annoying case studies. 3700 is all exams (and they're super-easy). 5330 I'm not sure what the requirements are since I haven't taken it yet. The last class would have to be a "pick your poison". 3100 (A&P of Speech) is all exams but tedious because you have to memorize a ton of very similar-sounding Latin anatomical names. 3120 (Articulation & Speech Sound Disorders) is supposed to be a bit easier than 4450 or 5200.
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    Cal State Northridge Northwestern (only has a few) Mass General Institute (only has a few) Akron & Cincinnati joint (might be limited to localish applicants the way their distance master's is, you'd have to check)
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    When I talked to the head of the CSD department at one of my target schools (not a CSU), she had good things to say about USU. The only thing she mentioned was to make sure that I took both 3100 and 3400 in order to meet the A&P pre-req as she said many of their USU grads made the mistake of taking only 3100. Those folks have to retake A&P as part of the grad school. I think the CSULA comments have more to do with dissing the competition for post-bac/2nd bachelor's than a general perception among non-CSU grad schools.
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    If a program has a specialty track, that usually adds at least 1 semester. Some schools might allow you to simply take a heavier load but those schools typically charge by credit rather than by semester, so it doesn't save you any money. OTOH, depending on what specific specialty you're interested in, there may be scholarships available designated for students in that track. I know there are scholarships available for deaf & hard-of-hearing, autism, and Alternative & Augmentative Communication tracks. Not sure about bilingual since I don't speak an in-demand language like Spanish or Mandarin.
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    There's definitely one happening in a few weeks because I follow Karen MacIver-Lux on Facebook and she's been promoting it. Conferences often have a reduced registration fee for students and they're not always advertised. I always contact the sponsor to find out if there are any student discounts. The one drawback is that sometimes the student rate will not qualify for credits towards AG Bell LSL certification the way the full price registration does.
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