yodeuces-deactivated20120130 asked:

i found your blog through your fonts, as i assume most people do, but i stayed when i saw you were a speech pathology student because, long story short, i interned at an elementary school last year and helped with the speech pathologist a lot, and it was one of my favorite tasks they had me do. my questions are, what age range do you work with; do you work at a school or at a center; and well, I don't know I'm just really interested in speech and was wondering if you could share any wisdom{:

Hi!

As I am (still) an intern, i have to be exposed to all age ranges and work settings, all clientele and conditions. i’ve worked with both the pediatric (w/ conditions such as autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, communication disorders, apraxia, even undiagnosed children as long as they have difficulties with speech, language, or communication in general, or feeding in general, even with acquired disorders like those who get traumatic brain injuries and get acquired apraxia)  and the geriatric population (w/ conditions such as dysphagia, dysarthria, aphasia, apraxia, degenerative diseases such as parkinsons, alzheimers, and sometimes even paranoia or schizophrenia, and those who’ve had cancer such as laryngectomees) I’ve worked in hospitals (mostly geriatric, both in-patient and out-patient), schools, communities, and private clinics. 

When we start working, it’s really up to us where we want to practice. I think I’ll be doing geriatrics/hospital setting 2x a week then pediatrics/private clinic 3x a week.

Right now i’m working in a private clinic, with clients 2-21 years old. Most of them have ASD, some have GDD, DS, CD, some are even undiagnosed.

That’s basically it — we work with anyone, any age, as long as they have speech, language, communication, and feeding/swallowing difficulties — anywhere anytime lelz. it’s a very difficult but very fulfilling budding profession.