What if you want to have your cake and eat it too?

[Jolie717]

While I would like to primarily work in schools with children I am also interested in working in the hospital setting as a per diem (part-time) SLP.

Is this unusual? I am limited in the SLP grad schools I will be applying to because I do not want to uproot my family (and probably couldn't even if I wanted to). This means that CSUN, CSULB and CSULA here in Southern California are my primary options.

I am hazy on the details of what exactly clinical fellowships entail. For example, the length (in time) of the fellowship and whether you can maybe "split" your fellowship and work in schools for a portion of it and in hospitals for the remainder?

[lisa19]

I think it's totally normal, and an asset, to want to work with multiple populations. This will give you more options in the long run.

 

Here's some information regarding CFs: http://www.asha.org/Certification/Clinical-Fellowship.htm

 

I know someone who's doing a full-time CF but also doing additional part-time hours evenings/weekends at a different site. I guess it would depend how many hours the site wants you and if you can fit it all in your schedule.

 

If you're just looking for experience in both, most graduate programs require you do one of your off-campus placements with children and another with adults.