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HI, I'M TAMMY!

I’m a graduate student at Northwestern University, the top 2 ranked speech-language pathology program.

I created this website to help students navigate their way through their educational journey by sharing my own story, providing resources, and advice. I aspire to empower students, resonate with them, and help them be successful.

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𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘁...this 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 came to mind when I 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 thought of a school-based SLP (which can also be found in other settings).

⭐️ 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 completing my school practicum, I wasn’t too interested in this setting due to what I heard from other SLPs' experiences.

⏩ However, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 I recently completed my public school practicum working with 56 students across IEP and RTI services, my supervisor, students, and faculty made me LOVE the school setting.

⭐️ With this being said, I dug a bit deeper into 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗟𝗣 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, and I wanted to showcase these numbers.

🚨 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: This is from ASHA’s 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 School Survey: Annual Salaries and Hourly Wages Report (2020). The reported medians (the middle number) are 𝗻𝗼𝘁 exhaustive of ALL school-based SLPs. Clinicians make below/above the listed numbers.

⭐️ During my school practicum course, I learned that many school-based SLPs start at the MA level on a teacher’s salary scale, (and they could start higher on the ladder depending on the district).

⭐️ Schools typically have a set salary budget allotted... But given the rigor of clinical and didactic training within our field, I believe that SLPs should have their own salary scale.

⭐️ I came across this article about a clinician who successfully negotiated a separate salary scale for school-based SLPs, and I linked it below.

❓𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚂𝙻𝙿 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝙰𝚂𝙷𝙰 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜?"

⬇️ As a budding clinician now exploring CF positions (in addition to my fellow colleagues), there’s a ton to learn – I would love to hear your thoughts regarding salary, negotiations, and 🚩 to look for as a school-based SLP.
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🔗 https://www.asha.org/slp/schools/salaries/success-dunaway/ (𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠)

There’s often misinformation when it comes to pr

𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀:⠀
⭐️ connection⠀
⭐️ building rapport/trust⠀⠀
⭐️ helping clients achieve their goals⠀
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Whether you’re working with pediatrics or adults; cultural responsiveness is 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 applicable.⠀

📌 I worked with a bilingual client with aphasia. For his stimuli, I implemented his culture’s foods, holidays, and traditions to repair anomic breakdowns in both Spanish and English. I built great rapport with my client; he loved learning about my culture as well.⠀
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📌 When Google searching images, it was often more difficult to find targeted stimuli depicting children of color. I had a Black client and I wanted him to be represented in his teletherapy materials. So, I spent more time trying to find targeted stimuli that were representative of my client.⠀
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📌 One of my teen clients often experienced frustrations with word retrieval. I said, “I know you don’t want to be here right now and I understand this is hard. It’s hard for me to find the words I’m thinking about, too. We are working on this to make it easier for you to find the words you’re thinking about”. After empathizing with my client, his frustrations subsided afterward and he fully participated.
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📌 I’ve also made mistakes. One of my clients used pronouns “they/them/their” - my team incorrectly used their pronouns the entire term. However, I had no idea until I asked my supervisor about this at the end of the term, when I saw “they” used on an email referring to my client. My supervisor noted she didn’t know either as my client recently identified using “they/them/their” pronouns. Moving forward, we utilized my client’s correct pronouns.⠀
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⭐️ 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦: You need to ask questions. You might feel uncomfortable. Things might take extra time. You 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 make mistakes along the way, but you learn from them as you go.⠀
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🚨 By NO means am I an expert, but as a budding clinician, these are a few experiences that I’m proud of that highlight my efforts.
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These are just a FEW considerations, so let’s learn from each other!

⬇️ What other culturally responsive considerations do you keep in mind? ⬇️

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