How I Planned for My First ASHA Convention Experience
I felt overwhelmed and anxious as I hit the submit button to register for my first-ever ASHA Convention. A newly minted school-based speech-language pathologist, I registered with two main goals for this convention: gathering as many CEUs as possible and networking. But how in the world should I plan for an event with more than 16,000 communication sciences and disorders professional in one place? So my advice to fellow “new SLPs” is to do just that … make a plan!
Before I even began the daunting task of picking out sessions, I thought about my caseload. What specific subject areas did I know little about—augmentat...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 1, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Samantha Lynch Tags: Audiology Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Source Type: blogs
Stuttering related to brain circuits that control speech production
FromMedical News Today on FlipboardResearchers at Children ' s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have conducted the first study of its kind, using proton magnetic resonance …Read it on FlipboardRead it on medicalnewstoday.com (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner))
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - November 28, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
A New Approach to Self-Disclosure of Stuttering
One of the more valuable tools speech-language pathologists teach their clients is the art of self-disclosure. Research indicates people prefer to interact with stutterers who acknowledge their own stuttering. Publicizing one’s own stutter has long been a method for increasing comfort levels. For example: “Hi! My name is ____ and I stutter.”
Most of my clients find self-disclosure beneficial when speaking in front of a crowd at a formal presentation. The up-front statement takes the pressure off waiting for the first dysfluency and makes public speaking easier. Clients often remark, however, how these sentences ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 1, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Tricia Hedinger Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Fluency Disorders Professional Development Source Type: blogs
How To Survive The Election
Like most people I can be accused of many things, but I cannot ever be accused of refusing to wear my heart on sleeve.
I am pretty sure this has lost my clients in the past and I know it has pissed people off, but I honestly can’t be any other way.
I feel suffocated keeping strong opinions to myself although I thoroughly understand why some people prefer to.
We’re all different.
But I think one of the differences between myself and some others (hopefully and presumably not you as I doubt you would be reading my blog otherwise), is I realize when I am offering an opinion and when I am stating a fact.
And this is crucial...
Source: A Daring Adventure - September 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching clinton core values trump Source Type: blogs
Being Called ‘ Mr. Sensitive ’ Is Actually a Compliment
“You are too sensitive,” your father bellows.
“Quit taking things personally,” a supervisor mutters.
“When are you going to toughen up?” a coach asks.
As a sensitive soul, the admonishments sting. You feel misunderstood. Family members chastise you as emotionally needy. Work colleagues disparage you as weak. In school, bullies ridicule you as soft.
They are wrong.
We live in world where bombast trumps self-reflection. Look at Donald Trump blustering his way to the Republican nomination. Look at an autocratic corporate executive thundering about soaring profit margins.
Life is a full contact sport — o...
Source: World of Psychology - September 22, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthew Loeb Tags: Bullying Happiness Industrial and Workplace Inspiration & Hope Personal Psychology anxiety chronic shame Confidence Criticism Emotional Depth Empathetic Empathy Highly Sensitive Person insensitive Integrity Self Awareness Source Type: blogs
A Letter to My Graduate Student Self
Dear Grad Student Me,
I am writing you this letter with the hope you won’t worry so much. I doubt you’ll listen—as you memorize the cranial nerves with some clever video—but I implore you to at least skim this letter.
I know you’re focused—I mean really focused—on your perfect PRAXIS score goals, buying the ultimate study guide books and landing your dream clinical fellowship (CF) job. You cram endless hours of studying into a schedule that includes reading books, listening to lectures, and observing and holding clinic. I wish you could see how it’s all important, but not to sweat the details. Here’...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - September 8, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Kristie Knickerbocker Tags: Audiology Speech-Language Pathology clinical fellowship graduate school Voice Disorders Source Type: blogs
That Upcoming Month
This month is September. You know that first month of fall where you can feel the first crispness in the air (especially here in New England), back to school, and all that. It is also:Childhood Cancer Awareness MonthNational Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention MonthNational Recovery MonthNational Sickle Cell MonthNational Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness MonthOvarian Cancer Awareness MonthPain Awareness MonthProstate Cancer Awareness Month18 National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day22 Falls Prevention Awareness Day28 National Women ' s Health& Fitness DayThe full list contains many more awareness topics. ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 5, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: brace yourself pinkification pinktober Source Type: blogs
How to Find Your Own Light After the Darkness of an MS Flare
I see that two months have passed without my offering our monthly check-in blog. So I’ve decided to jump right into September with that as our first post.
I think I’m getting my head around the fact that if I don’t do something when I think about it, I may not remember that I was planning to do it.
August — the month of the ancient Irish Lúnasa celebration and of my birthday — slipped past me this year, as I was in an exhausted haze. My months-long MS relapse had stopped its free fall, and the past weeks have found me stutter-stepping my way back to whatever my new normal will look like.
I mention Lúnasa beca...
Source: Life with MS - September 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: multiple sclerosis How's your MS Today? life with MS trevis gleason Source Type: blogs
Link feast
Our editor’s pick of this week’s 10 best psychology and neuroscience links:
What On Earth Is Going On?
Psychologist magazine editor Dr Jon Sutton reports from the first day of the American Psychological Association’s Annual Conference (also check out his reports from days two and three: In search of clarity and creativity; A change is gonna come).
“What Is Happening to Our Country? How Psychology Can Respond to Political Polarization, Incivility and Intolerance”
Jonathan Haidt’s keynote address at the APA conference is available to watch on YouTube.
Faculty at MIT and beyond respond forc...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - August 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: researchdigestblog Tags: Feast Source Type: blogs
Higher Education: Mental Health as Elective
We all know him. He breezed to highest honors in computer science. For fun, he devoured English classics and starred in extracurricular activities.
Teachers fawned over him; the hometown newspaper lauded his academic triumphs. You admired and envied him.
He was destined to change the world. Now, sadly, he is changing your tires at a local car maintenance shop.
Home for the holidays, you retrace your high school haunts. Grabbing a sandwich at your favorite hangout, you spot him. Averting eye contact, he mumbles out a halfhearted greeting. You can hear the fatigue in his voice.
He pulls you aside. “Hey, do you mind if we g...
Source: World of Psychology - July 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthew Loeb Tags: College Depression Disorders General Personal Academia Achievement anxiety Career Goals college health student Success Universities And Colleges university Source Type: blogs
You’re the Expert: How’s Your MS Today?
It was over two years ago that we started the Life with Multiple Sclerosis Self-Evaluation Scale (LWM3S).
In short, it’s a simple 1-10 scale whereby:
1 = The best my symptoms have felt since my diagnosis with MS
10 = The worst my symptoms have felt since my diagnosis with MS
This is, obviously, a subjective scale, but you are the subject. You are the only one living inside of your head, your body, and your spirit. You are the only one who can answer this question.
I find it interesting to see how I rate my place on the LWM3S scale from month to month. I can also look back at what might have been happening in my life and ...
Source: Life with MS - June 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: MS multiple sclerosis Everyday Health How's your MS Today? trevis gleason Source Type: blogs
You ’re the Expert: How’s Your MS Today?
It was over two years ago that we started the Life with Multiple Sclerosis Self-Evaluation Scale (LWM3S).
In short, it’s a simple 1-10 scale whereby:
1 = The best my symptoms have felt since my diagnosis with MS
10 = The worst my symptoms have felt since my diagnosis with MS
This is, obviously, a subjective scale, but you are the subject. You are the only one living inside of your head, your body, and your spirit. You are the only one who can answer this question.
I find it interesting to see how I rate my place on the LWM3S scale from month to month. I can also look back at what might have been happening in my life and ...
Source: Life with MS - June 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: MS multiple sclerosis Everyday Health How's your MS Today? trevis gleason Source Type: blogs
Post-doctoral position in sensorimotor learning and control of speech production -- UW, Ludo Max Lab
The Laboratory for Speech Physiology and Motor Control (PI Ludo Max, Ph.D.) at the University of Washington (Seattle) announces an open post-doctoral position in the areas of sensorimotor integration and sensorimotor learning for speech production. The position will involve experimental work on both typical speech and stuttering. The lab is located in the University of Washington's Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and has additional affiliations with the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and the Department of Bioengineering. See http://faculty.washington.edu/ludomax/lab/ for more information. The successful ca...
Source: Talking Brains - May 9, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
@LakeStreetDive – an appreciation #notmedicine
This blog usually focuses on medicine, either clinical stories/problems, or health care policy. But today I want to write something totally different.
Over the past 2 days I have become obsessed with Lake Street Dive. How I became obsessed may have some lessons.
I love music, and believe I always have. Since the 50s and 60s I have had serial and parallel music romances. I still remember the initial Beatles performances on the Ed Sullivan show – I was smitten. As I recall those days, their musical freshness captivated me. Throughout the years, I periodically get attracted to performers and groups
Some of m...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - March 19, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
