Blog 24 - Last Presentation Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project?Why?

• There are a few things I am very proud of, for one I am proud for hitting my time limit. I am also proud for being able to keep my audience engaged, and for keeping Mrs.Edwards amused. I proud of this because, without an engaged audience, the presentation can get awkward and boring and isn't fun for anyone. 

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation?  Use the  component contract to defend that assessment.

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

• I believe I deserve an AE because I dressed professionally, my audience was engaged and I believe my volume was loud and consistent. My hook also had the entire audience participating and my powerpoint was organized. I also had many cited sources and explain my answers very throughly and logically. Lastly, with my activities, I had a thorough debrief and when asked, no one had questions. 

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Use the component contract to defend that assessment

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

• I had all my sources, and I did well on my exit interview. I did well during my first and second lesson presentations and took criticism and suggestions and applied it to my final presentation. 

(3) What worked for you in your senior project

• I believed what worked is that, my mentor and clinic were very accessible. I also felt that I could talk to my house and advisory house pretty comfortably. I received valuable feedback from peers and teachers and implemented them into my senior project. I believe also that it worked because I was willing to research a bunch of other things, not just my 3 answers. 

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?

• If I had a time machine, I would go back so I could start working on my presentation earlier so that I had more time to practice. 

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples

• Its made me realize that speech pathology is actually a very interesting career (topic), and that there are many things to learn about it. It made me have a greater appreciation for my mothers and grandmothers craft. I could also seriously consider speech pathology as a future career

Exit Interview

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

• my essential question is, "How can a speech pathologist best help her patient meet their language development goals?" and my answers are play therapy, early intervention, and parental involvement.I believe my best answer is parental involvement because there are a lot of statistics I have as well as many other facts and information from trusted sources, it is also an answer that is logical and feels more like common sense than the other two. 

2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

• The process I took to arrive at parental involvement being the best answer is looking back at all the information I have, including the interviews and realizing the importance that the therapist have put on parental involvement. In the interview and during my mentorship, just having conversations with the therapist, they believe pretty heavily in parental involvement. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

• Some problems that I faced were deciding what my three answers would be. I was constantly changing my third answer but while doing my independent component 2 there was a video that involved play therapy and also, my just observing at my mentorships the sessions involved play so I decided to do research and see if play therapy was an actual thing with merit and it was so I ran with it. Aside from that I cannot remember very many problems I encountered. 

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

• My first significant source is my mentor, her interviews and also being able to speak with her in person. 
• My second significant source is the American Speech-Language-Hearing association website. 

Blog 22 - Independent Component 2

 LITERAL

(a)“I, Sarah Morales, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 32 hours of work.”

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

• Meredith-Skinder,Amy.Ph.D,CCC-SLP."Childhood Apraxia of speech: Differential Diagnosis & Treatment."PESI.2015.Seminar. 
• Barron,Sean, Temple Grandin, Raun Mehmed."Play Therapy."CMI.2015.Seminar.
• Collins,Shannon MA, CCC-SLP, Angela Sterling-Orth MS, CCC-SLP."Evidence-based iPad Interventions for Speech-Language & Special Education Services."PESI.2014.Seminar.
• Rogers,Gordy M.S, CCC-SLP."Beyond Traditional Articulation Therapy."CMI.2012.Seminar. 
• Siciliano,Linda B.A, CCC-SLP."Multi sensory Interventions for Speech, Languages and Early Literacy."PESI.2015.Seminar. 
• Morris,Rick O.D,P.A., FCOVD."Visual Processing Therapy."PESI.2013.Seminar.
• Yaruss,J. Scott, Ph.D, CCC-SLP ,ASHA Fellow."Practical Treatment Strategies for School-Age Children Who Stutter."Pesi.2010. Seminar

(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
Grading Criteria 

(d) Explain what you completed. 

• I watched 32 hours worth of continuing education seminars. These videos are watched by therapist every year and they must take post-seminar test and send them in to get graded to ensure that the therapist are keeping up with the continuing education.  These seminars are on updated information and new discoveries and continuously provide different perspectives so that the therapist never get rusty with their approach of helping a client.   

  

(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   

Although I didn't take the test to get sent in, I did take the test to show that I followed along and paid attention to the seminar. I also took side notes and wrote down ideas as well.

 

*Below are pictures of the post-seminar test i had to take with* each seminar. This is the one for Childhood Apraxia of Speech.  

*Below are pictures of what the cd's look like* 

and a picture of me watching the seminar and filling out the test. 

(In the package)

(Me, watching the seminars)

*Below I tried to upload snippets of seminars but* blogger is really bad at loading videos.

(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

• The component helped defend the answers I already have as well as give me ideas of army third answer that I have been struggling with.  For example, during the seminar for Childhood Apraxia of Speech, the presenting SLP described how family/parent involvement helps motivate the client to try which gets a better outcome and faster progress. Another example is, for my answer three I could make it "Stay up to date with rtechincolgical advancements" and explain how the I-Pad has changed the way SlP's work with their client. How The I-pad is an "office in a box" and has all the SLP's speech materials as well as they schedule. The videos just help my general knowledge of speech expand as well as helping me target specific ares of my answers for my EQ. 

Blog 21 - Interview 4 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  

• The most important thing I learned from the interview is that, there are benefits and downfalls no matter where you decide to pursue your career as an SLP. Whether that be in a hospital, school, or a private practice; you can't weigh them all equally against each other because all 3 have such different components to them. 

2.  How will what I learned affect my final lesson?

I dont believe there will be too much of a difference between what my lesson would've been before the interview and what it will now be after the interview, aside from me having  more knowledge to present to my audience. 

Blog 20 - Fourth Interview Questions

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

• I plan to Interview my mentor Sara Romo, CCC-SLP. She is a licensed SLP who has worked in a school and hospital setting and currently owns her own speech clinic. 

2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.

1. Have you ever experienced working in a setting other than a school district?
2. If so, can you explain to me, what are the most obvious of differences? 
3. What do you feel the roles and obligations are of an SLP in a school setting are versus those of an SLP elsewhere? 
4. What are components that you find most important to help a client reach their development goals? 
5. What do you feel is the importance of a parent's role in a child's speech therapy? 
6. How much of a role SHOULD parents play in the success of their child in speech therapy? 
7. From personal experience, how much involvement have you seen parents have compared to what you believe it should be?
8. Have you ever had to be a speech therapist in an Early Intervention plan? 
9. If so, what exactly were the responsibilities you had to fulfill?
10. Do you believe that Early Intervention is an important aspect o f speech therapy for the success of a client? 
11. What different kinds of approaches have you seen or, do you personally have towards Early Intervention?
12. How young to you think a client should be for Early Intervention to be fully effective? 
13. Do you believe Early Intervention can be effective for ALL speech and language delays or for very specific ones? 
14. How important do you believe consistency is in speech therapy? 
15. In how many aspects of speech do you believe consistency plays a major role in?
16.  What is your definition of consistency? 
17. Do you believe consistency could extend to not only the client, but to the parents of the client and therapist as well? 
18. Do you currently have a mentor or did you have a mentor that you did or have looked up to throughout your career and education into speech therapy? 
19. Being an SLP in a school setting, do you feel you have more benefits or pull backs compared to SLP's in other settings?
20. What things would you recommend I do in order to further my knowledge in the speech therapy world?  

Blog 19 - Third Answer

1. EQ 

• How can a speech therapist best help her client meet their language development goals? 

2. Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)

• A speech therapist can best help her client meet their language development goals by consistency. 

3. 3 details to support the answer 

• Good attendance at therapy and frequent practice at home leads to faster progress.
• When children do not have consistent attendance, their progress slows, and they are more likely to regress during these periods of time when they are not receiving services. 

• Consistent attendance in speech/language therapy sessions allows routine practice of communication skills, as well as faster progress toward therapy goals.
  
  
  

4. The research source(s) to support your details and answer

• Heckenkemper, Lauren. "The Value of Consistent & Intensive Treatment." The Value of Consistent & Intensive Treatment. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. <http://www.milestones4kids.com/value-consistent-intensive-treatment/>.
• Kevin, Stuckey, and Susie Loraine. "Consistent Attendance in Speech/Language Sessions— It’s Important for Children and Their Communication!" Number 246 Consistent Attendance in Speech/Language Sessions— It’s Important for Children and Their Communication! (n.d.): n. pag. Super Duper Publications. Web. 2 Mar. 2016.

5. Concluding Sentence

• Consistency is a key element of successful speech therapy cycles because practice of communication skills helps the overcome of the diagnosis. And when clients are not provided with consistency through out the speech therapy cycles their progress will slow and can even regress instead of get better. 

Blog 18 - Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

• How can a speech pathologist best help a client meet their language development goals? 

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• A speech therapist can help a client best meet their language development goals by making sure there is active parent involvement.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• A speech therapist can best help a client meet their language development goals by early intervention. 

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Prevention of a disorder - If there is early intervention, a speech disorder can be pushed back/delayed and the disorder can even be avoided all together.
• Strategies - During early intervention, a speech therapist can teach strategies to help a client compensate for their disorder. Ex: If a child with down syndrome can't speak, they can be tought gestures, Baby Sign, and even ASL. 
• Basic Skill - Early Intervention gives a client with language delays a better chance at having appropriate social, communicative skills at the age level they should. 

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• The printed source that best supports my answer is an article about early intervention written by the AmericanSpeech-Language-Hearing Association. 

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• Some other sources that support my answer are sources found on a website called Day 2 Day Parenting and all the content the website is developed and written by their team of early childhood professionals: Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Developmentalists, and Dietitians.

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

• Early intervention is an important component of helping ensure a successful speech therapy cycle. It can help reduce the need of speech therapy as the client gets older and can even eliminate the need of therapy past the developing stages of the diagnosis. 

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

(Alejandra Miranda - SLPA)

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  

• The most important thing that I learned from the interview is that my answer one is not only something I consider important to the success of a client but also something speech therapist themselves consider to be important as well. 

2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?

• I believe my approach to interview has changed over the course of the senior project by the way I phrase and present my questions. At first it was very professional and strict and now its more that I'll ask what I think is the gradual next question and I don't mind asking for further explanation instead o f moving on to the next question. 

Blog 16 - Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• What I plan to do for my 30 hours is to do more mentorship/volunteer hours at My World Speech Therapy. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I will take notes of every speech session I attend and upload it to the log to amount to 30 hours. If I happen to be working with files or something other than observing, I will take notes of that as well. 

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• This component will help me explore my topic more in-depth because I will be watching SLP's and SLPA's in their natural habitat of working with their clients. I will see interaction between parents and SLP's and I will see the interaction amongst the SLP'S. There will also be the benefit of experiencing the running of a private practice and seeing how to approach regional center and kaiser because they are the services that provide clients through insurance. 

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

• Okie Dokie 

Blog 15 - Independent Component 1

       LITERAL

• (a) “I, Sarah Morales, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component:
•    Sara Romo Miranda, and other employees at My World Speech Therapy were my biggest an only source in completing my independent component.
• (c) Link to my hours log: 

•  My Mentorship Log
•  (d) Explain what you've completed:
• During my 30 hours of mentorship I observed 30 hours of speech therapy sessions. I watched SLPA's with their clients of all ages and all diagnoses. I also answered phone calls and put away files, as well as pulling files apart and putting them into the history cabinet. 

·       INTERPRETIVE 

• Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   
• The significance of my independent component was watching my mentor do her thing. Watching her and other therapist read a clients goals and then try different games and techniques to reach those goals. These 30 hours also helped me see how the parents and therapist interact and the varying degree of parent interest. My independent component demonstrates 30 hours of week because in my log, I wrote down things I did for every hour of those 30 hours. Below are some pictures I took. I could take too many because of client privacy and some parents weren't comfortable with their child being photographed. 

APPLIED

• How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?
• This component helped me understand the foundation of my topic better because it let me see so many different ways that SLPA's help to ensure the success and progress of their clients. It helped me see the simplest techniques being used for 2 year olds to the more complicated techniques for the 15 year olds. I watched a lot of different sessions, which helped me view a plethora of approaches to speech and language.