SLPtobee Posted December 11, 2014 Posted December 11, 2014 Hang in there, Trix. I work with a team of 8... 5 SLPs and 3 SLP-As, myself included. I have been squirreling out the SLPs' grad school stories lately, and I have found that nearly every single one experienced some rejections and disappointments before the right door opened. One of them applied to TWUs (non-TETN) grad program straight out of undergrad, with a 3.1 GPA, and didn't get in. She worked as an assistant for a few years, tried again, and got in. She's now an SLP. I told you the story of my other SLP friend above, who got into the TETN program the second time around. The ones who did get into grad school straight from undergrad said that those with work experience really had a leg up over those that did not, and they fought a bit of an uphill battle there in the beginning. This is just a bump in the road to you being an amazing SLP, and someday, your story will encourage others. It's not over. It's just beginning. You've got this.
trix Posted December 11, 2014 Posted December 11, 2014 I live in Mckinney. If you know anyone that would allow me to observe them for hours please feel free to drop my name. . trixiebell0909@gmail.com. I am open to travel within a reasonable distance! Thanks so much for all of your help!
tex_hart Posted December 13, 2014 Posted December 13, 2014 I've heard of pediatric home health programs letting you do your hours with them...especially if you are bilingual and would want to work with them once you are done. Trix, you could look into the ECI programs affiliated with Dallas, as I think they have a harder time getting SLPs. Maybe look into Dallas, Garland or some of the smaller districts north and east of McKinney that have a harder time staffing SLPs?
jbSLP Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 NatSLP 3 I am also Region 11 but my current district as a teacher is in Region 10. SLPtobee are you currently working as an SLPA? :-)
SLPtobee Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 jbSLP, yes. This is my 4th year as an SLP-A with my sponsoring district.
NatSLP3 Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 jbSLP that's great to hear. I look forward to meeting everyone in May at least. I am still trying to find sponsorship but with the holidays I decided to give them a break before coming in strong.
NatSLP3 Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 Has anyone received a letter about sponsorship? Sue Colton said it would be a week or two but I haven't received anything
NatSLP3 Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Just realized that we couldn't forward those and it was there. Thank you
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