Speeches and my Final Product

January 22nd, 2022

This upcoming week we are giving speeches in ISM to practice for our final product speeches. We'll we talking with the class about why we choose this specific career path, our interview process, finding original work, finding a mentor, and finally discussing our final product. I'm very excited to share with the class what Ms. Vovakes and I have been working on, and my experience working with her for a few weeks now. Additionally, I'll be meeting with her this Thursday to sit in on a patient and continue to discuss our plans. I've recently conducted a rough draft of the "Parent Pyramid", where parents at her private practice will be shown a visual to comprehend where their child is at, and where they'll be in a certain amount of time. If their child Is struggling with phrases, it'll be a longer process than teaching a child sounds. So it's a great way for parents to understand the speech process, rather than stress why it's taking their kid so long to say a full sentence. This career takes lots of patience for the speech-pathologist, parent, and child, so it's important everyone understands it doesn't just happen overnight.