Two Years Later, More Experience and Lots to Talk About!

In the words of one of my favorite celebrities from my childhood: "They say if you love something, let it go. If it comes back it's yours, that's how you know it's for keeps, yeah, it's for sure..." You know the rest.. hopefully! (Christina Aguilera- What A Girl Wants... DUH!)

 I loved this blog, I let it go (for two years), and I'm back! So, I guess its meant to be. 😃 Please excuse me if this post isn't as interesting as the previous.. I'm a little rusty!
 Enough cheesiness.. Let's get to BUSINESS, literally. 

My Current Job

This is sooooo me, btw. 

Last time I blogged, I mentioned that I went on my first two job interviews in one day and accepted a job at an elementary school in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, as a Clinical Fellow. I earned my CCCs and I am still employed at this school as a clinically certified speech teacher SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST!! I have gained a lot of experience with a wonderful population of children.Throughout my career in this school, I have had the experience of working with students who present with a myriad of disabilities including, but not limited to, speech-language impairments, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, emotional disturbance disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, articulation and phonological disorders, and any combination of these impairments. In addition to the various deficits listed above, I have encountered many children on my caseload who are English Language Learners (ELLs). At first, the challenge of working with ELLs, who have a special education classification, was intimidating to me as a monolingual speech therapist. However, over the years, I have learned various evidence-based strategies that have proven to be successful with my ELL students with disabilities; thus I have seen tremendous growth in these students and in myself as a professional.

In addition to having the pleasure of working with such wonderful students, I also have the pleasure of working with four other extremely intelligent, talented, and dedicated SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, who have become a group of amazing friends!

My passion in this career goes further, as I have also been working as an Early Intervention (EI) speech therapist for about a year now and I love, love, love it! You have to hustle hard in this field if you want to make money and broaden your knowledge to be the best therapist you can be!

"We learn by example and by direct experience because there are limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction." 

- Malcolm Gladwell

P.S. Notice, I started blogging again in JULY. SUMMERS OFF is a huge benefit of working in the school system. Lots of free time to do some of my favorite things:
- gain experience in other settings and/or with other populations (e.g., EI)
- catch up with friends and family
- catch up on hobbies/discover new hobbies
- travel
- receive pay checks while being on the beach sipping your drink of choice
- and blog!


To see some of my work and how I conduct therapy session, follow me on Instagram @speak.play.love by clicking the link below. 

https://www.instagram.com/speak.play.love/