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DD1

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  1. Hi @hopefulSLP2be7! I would say to try reaching out again to SLPs in your area. I did this and it worked for me (2/10 allowed me to shadow), and I ended up completing a month long internship. The SLP I interned with wrote me a recommendation letter as well. I was really nervous to do this because I was an outside applicant and did not think anyone would take me, but I think the experience ended up helping my applications a lot. Still, most did end up responding with "we already have someone" or "we can't take anyone," or "will you be available next year?" so I understand how this can feel discouraging! I think what worked for me was writing a meticulously edited and formatted letter of interest and résumé- I had a friend with a degree in professional writing edit and give feedback on both of these documents. If you are not familiar with a letter of interest, it is basically a cover letter, but you are not responding to a specific job opening or posting. You can find some helpful advice for both of these documents online. I used the words "volunteer experience" and "externship" rather than "internship." Once I had these documents finalized, I made a list of 30+ private practices in my area and started sending them out, in carefully crafted emails, until I got positive responses. I stopped after 10 because I had obtained an experience at this point. I also shadowed at an inpatient acute rehabilitation program. This was MUCH harder to land! I could not find any email information for hospitals. So what I did was look up all of the hospitals in my area, found the ones that had speech pathologists, found a found number to call, and cold called every single one until I got someone to take me. I had to make multiple follow up calls because medical SLPs are so busy and they use landlines, so they are often away from the phone. This definitely took a lot of effort, but I really enjoyed my internship/ shadowing experience and I think they both helped me get into graduate school.
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