SEMESTER PROCEDURES

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SEMESTER PROCEDURES

• BEGINNING THERAPY

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• 1. Read the client file
• 2. If there is no client file, its gonna be a
  long interview!
• 3. Prepare interview questions for the first
  session. Get a babysitter if needed.

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• 4. If the person has been here before, just
  review basics (I understand from the file
  that)
• 5. Ask if anything has changed (e.g., an adult
  has changed jobs a childs teeth have fallen out)

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• 6. Meet with your supervisor to decide on which
  tests to giveprepare for assessment
• 7. Give the tests
• 8. Score them and get results

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• 9. Based on these results, create tentative goals
  and objectives for the semester. Let your Speech
  I Bible help you!
• 10. Bring these to your supervisor and get her
  feedback.
• 11. Based on her feedback, write the Initial Case
  Report

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Note

• In assessment, always have more to do than you
  think you can accomplish. Trust me, there is
  NOTHING worse than having too much time left
  over!
• Remembermany clients are anxious to cut to the
  chase and begin therapy ASAP.
• If a client is questioning you, bring in the
  supervisor. Thats what were here for!

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My personal view on testing children

• Be friendly, but start testing immediately. Many
  beginning clinicians want to spend a bunch of
  time playing first to warm the child up.
• Problem After this, they may get restless and
  not want to cooperateand you have nothing.

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What I say

• Kamber, Im glad youre here! We are going to
  start by looking at some pictures and doing some
  talking. If you can tell me what all these
  pictures are, we will play a game afterwards.
• If kids talk about off-topic things during the
  assessment, keep moving. Say You know, when we
  are all done with these pictures, Id love to
  hear more!

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For adults

• What would you like to accomplish this semester?
  What are your goals?

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For children

• Be firmly in charge!
• Have prizes/stickers from the very first session.
  You may need bribes to keep them going.
• If you can finish telling me what all these
  pictures are, then you get to look in my special
  prize box.

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SURVIVING YOUR FIRST SEMESTER OF GRAD SCHOOL

• This semester will probably be one of the most
  stressful times of your life
• Having clinic is verrrrry different than just
  studying for classes
• Each day, clients are waiting for youthere is no
  procrastinating!
• This is a huge adjustment for most people

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Remember

• In undergrad classes, you are focused on getting
  as many As as possible
• In grad school, clinic is your priority
• It is OK to get Bs in your classes! Shock!

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As an undergrad

• You got on the good side of your professors so
  you could get letters of recommendation for grad
  school
• In grad school, the most important people to buy
  chocolates for and give cards to on holidays are
  your clinical instructors

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When you are applying for jobs at the end of your
Masters programme.

• Employers dont care about your GPA or what your
  professors think of you
• They care tremendously what your clinical
  instructors think
• Treat your clinical instructors like royalty ?

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Also

• Be nice to supply room workers and support staff
  such as David and Annette
• When students are rude to these folks, we hear
  about it and the rude students are discussed
  openly in faculty meeting with everyone present ?
• We have ways of finding out about this stuff!

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Dont be afraid to lean on your friends for
support

• One thing I took for granted in grad school was
  all my wonderful friends
• It was a shock to get out into the real world and
  be the only SLP at my school
• Help each other along the way

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Try your best

• To get enough sleep and exercise (right)
• Even a 10-minute walk can clear your head
  amazingly
• Try to eat nutritiously (sure). I like protein
  barsquick, portable, and convenient

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Remember

• That no one will ever be able to take your
  Masters degree away from you
• You will have it forever!
• There really is life after grad school!
• You can do it! And your professors and clinical
  instructors are here to support you along the way.