hey yall!! here is shelley adair's email for those of you that are interested in Austin Speech Labs:
shelley.adair@gmail.com
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
2-23-10 meeting
***COMMENT TO THESE MINUTES TO GET CREDIT FOR THE MEETING!!**
Bake sale next week- contact Robyn to sign up!!
Turn in Schlotzky’s receipts for fundraising point, schlotzky social today after the meeting
BONUS MEETING!!!! NEXT WEEK- March 2: UTD director Jan Lougeay is coming to talk about TSHA and is going to give a free TSHA registration for 1 lucky member PHR 2.108 5pm
Service opportunities: Explore UT- contact Sarah to sign up to work; committee meetings start 2nd week in march for CIKD; forty acres fest
Tshirts at the next meeting
Dues due today- $25 contact Selina if you havent paid dues
Speaker: Shelly from Austin Speech Labs:
Austin Speech Lab is a nonprofit organization that specializes in affordable stroke rehab
Shelly has been an SLP for 18 yrs. Started Austin Speech Labs 1.5 yrs ago. Provides intensive speech therapy to uninsured, and underinsured stroke victims
Staff: shelly, shilpa and 1 assistant, plus volunteers
Patients come here because they haven’t met their communication goals, they cant communicate effectively enough to return to work
they treat everyone of all ages that have one thing in common: all lost their essential ability to communicate
what they provide: 8 week bootcamps, meet 3 hrs a day, 2-3 days a week for 8 weeks; individual, computer and group therapy- 1 hr each usually
Clients pay 10 dolllars an hr
They write for grants and do fundraising activities to raise funds to help meet their needs
Provide clients with: Intensive therapy, one on one assistance from therapist, structure, accountability, support, new computer based therapy programs, hope, a place to go where others understand them, opportunities to speak without being interrupted, chances to try and try again, affordable therapy
Undergrad volunteers- 10 this semester, contact them if interested mwf or tth 9-12; what you will do- sit and help the client during group and computer therapy, and then work with them for 30 min yourself
Spicewood springs and mopac location- open 9-12pm
haven’t ever had to turn anyone away
14 clients as of right now
she has worked with everyone but felt like aphasics were the ones that were getting left behind, do some swallowing therapy, they focus on language and cognition
advice: try lots of things so you know what you want to focus on as an SLP
Went to Baylor grad and undergrad; did CFY at a school for autistic children using facilitated communication
Get clinical hours for working here, need these for getting certification
contact them at: austinspeechlabs.org
DONT FORGET!!!!!!!
BAKE SALE NEXT WEEK! - CONTACT ROBYN TO SIGN UP!!
SIGN UP FOR EXPLORE UT WITH SARAH!!
TODAY WAS THE FINAL DAY TO PAY DUES. IF YOU HAVENT PAID THEM AND YOU NEED TO CONTACT SELINA
Bake sale next week- contact Robyn to sign up!!
Turn in Schlotzky’s receipts for fundraising point, schlotzky social today after the meeting
BONUS MEETING!!!! NEXT WEEK- March 2: UTD director Jan Lougeay is coming to talk about TSHA and is going to give a free TSHA registration for 1 lucky member PHR 2.108 5pm
Service opportunities: Explore UT- contact Sarah to sign up to work; committee meetings start 2nd week in march for CIKD; forty acres fest
Tshirts at the next meeting
Dues due today- $25 contact Selina if you havent paid dues
Speaker: Shelly from Austin Speech Labs:
Austin Speech Lab is a nonprofit organization that specializes in affordable stroke rehab
Shelly has been an SLP for 18 yrs. Started Austin Speech Labs 1.5 yrs ago. Provides intensive speech therapy to uninsured, and underinsured stroke victims
Staff: shelly, shilpa and 1 assistant, plus volunteers
Patients come here because they haven’t met their communication goals, they cant communicate effectively enough to return to work
they treat everyone of all ages that have one thing in common: all lost their essential ability to communicate
what they provide: 8 week bootcamps, meet 3 hrs a day, 2-3 days a week for 8 weeks; individual, computer and group therapy- 1 hr each usually
Clients pay 10 dolllars an hr
They write for grants and do fundraising activities to raise funds to help meet their needs
Provide clients with: Intensive therapy, one on one assistance from therapist, structure, accountability, support, new computer based therapy programs, hope, a place to go where others understand them, opportunities to speak without being interrupted, chances to try and try again, affordable therapy
Undergrad volunteers- 10 this semester, contact them if interested mwf or tth 9-12; what you will do- sit and help the client during group and computer therapy, and then work with them for 30 min yourself
Spicewood springs and mopac location- open 9-12pm
haven’t ever had to turn anyone away
14 clients as of right now
she has worked with everyone but felt like aphasics were the ones that were getting left behind, do some swallowing therapy, they focus on language and cognition
advice: try lots of things so you know what you want to focus on as an SLP
Went to Baylor grad and undergrad; did CFY at a school for autistic children using facilitated communication
Get clinical hours for working here, need these for getting certification
contact them at: austinspeechlabs.org
DONT FORGET!!!!!!!
BAKE SALE NEXT WEEK! - CONTACT ROBYN TO SIGN UP!!
SIGN UP FOR EXPLORE UT WITH SARAH!!
TODAY WAS THE FINAL DAY TO PAY DUES. IF YOU HAVENT PAID THEM AND YOU NEED TO CONTACT SELINA
Explore UT
Anyone who still wants to work Explore UT Saturday, March 6th can still sign up to set-up in the CMA if you can be there by 9am.
Let me know. 88sarahwilliams@gmail.com
Best,
Sarah
Let me know. 88sarahwilliams@gmail.com
Best,
Sarah
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
MEETING 2/9/10
**COMMENT TO THESE MINUTES TO GET CREDIT FOR THIS MEETING!!**
Announcements: bake sale feb 16-17, schlotzky’s fundraiser feb 23 all day bring receipt to meeting to get credit, tshirts in $15, explore ut- march 6
Speakers from the Capitol School of Austin: Jeanette Young and Karen Bodden
A little history of the Capitol School: it was started in 1990 by Amy Cunningham an SLP, used a church funded by parent tuition and fundraising, originally a preschool setting added kindergarten in 1994 to help the kids with learning disorders as well, goes thru 3rd grade, 2000- horizon was started for kids with autism spectrum disorders 17 teaching staff, 29 members
Programs for preschool and school age, and kids with behavioral or learning problems; 2-8 yrs… but really based on the learning ability of the kids
Preschool- half day except prek
k-3 Academic is whole day
occupational therapy for pe, music therapy for music, drama for older kids, 8-10 kids per class for preschool with 1 teacher and 1 assistant, up to 12 for older
can volunteer- brief orientation, requirement commit to 2 hrs a week and be consistent, let Jeanette know if you are interested, can get observation hrs here, on tues and thurs observation hrs open
summer program- 1 month theme based 4 hrs, camp like helps with language development, can volunteer with this
hire speech pathologists??- they do hire SLPs when a spot becomes available, lots more opportunities for volunteer
teaching certificate??- not required but a lot of the staff do have one, will have to have some training on how to teach subjects/special education
requirements to meet to go to school- application case history and goes to a committee, then 1-3 day visit to see if a good fit, must have a speech language eval, neurology evaluation, kids that are language learning disordered, on a 6 week trial basis
a few examples of the types of disorders that the kids have that go to the Capitol School: receptive expressive language disorder, apraxia, add, aspergers, auditory processing
divide classrooms based on diagnosis??- kids on autism spectrum work better with almost 1-1 setting, but not divided specifically by disorder
advice: as undergrad- expose yourself to typically learning kids to recognize disordered kids, daycares, afterschool programs, babysit; interested in medical route sit in on swallowing studies, shadow speech path to figure out what youre interested in; learn about AAC devices; go to TSHA take advantage of all the opportunities; grad school- get involved in research, interact with patients; practicum sites- try to get a diversity of settings; look for courses in related fields- counseling, therapy, client relationship, reading disorders; begin building referral list for your clients; take part in speech and hearing screenings; grad school advice- keep in touch with others in your field; try to do as much continuing ed as you can; try to look for a cfy where you will get 1 on 1 time with your supervisor
DONT FORGET!!!!
BAKE SALE- FEB 16-17 CONTACT ROBYN TO SIGN UP!
SCHLOTZKY'S FUNDRAISER- FEB 23 all day thing bring reciept to get credit!!!
T- SHIRTS ARE IN!!!!! $15
DUES ARE DUE BY THE NEXT MEETING! FEB 23
EXPLORE UT- MARCH 6 contact Sarah to sign up to work a shift
Announcements: bake sale feb 16-17, schlotzky’s fundraiser feb 23 all day bring receipt to meeting to get credit, tshirts in $15, explore ut- march 6
Speakers from the Capitol School of Austin: Jeanette Young and Karen Bodden
A little history of the Capitol School: it was started in 1990 by Amy Cunningham an SLP, used a church funded by parent tuition and fundraising, originally a preschool setting added kindergarten in 1994 to help the kids with learning disorders as well, goes thru 3rd grade, 2000- horizon was started for kids with autism spectrum disorders 17 teaching staff, 29 members
Programs for preschool and school age, and kids with behavioral or learning problems; 2-8 yrs… but really based on the learning ability of the kids
Preschool- half day except prek
k-3 Academic is whole day
occupational therapy for pe, music therapy for music, drama for older kids, 8-10 kids per class for preschool with 1 teacher and 1 assistant, up to 12 for older
can volunteer- brief orientation, requirement commit to 2 hrs a week and be consistent, let Jeanette know if you are interested, can get observation hrs here, on tues and thurs observation hrs open
summer program- 1 month theme based 4 hrs, camp like helps with language development, can volunteer with this
hire speech pathologists??- they do hire SLPs when a spot becomes available, lots more opportunities for volunteer
teaching certificate??- not required but a lot of the staff do have one, will have to have some training on how to teach subjects/special education
requirements to meet to go to school- application case history and goes to a committee, then 1-3 day visit to see if a good fit, must have a speech language eval, neurology evaluation, kids that are language learning disordered, on a 6 week trial basis
a few examples of the types of disorders that the kids have that go to the Capitol School: receptive expressive language disorder, apraxia, add, aspergers, auditory processing
divide classrooms based on diagnosis??- kids on autism spectrum work better with almost 1-1 setting, but not divided specifically by disorder
advice: as undergrad- expose yourself to typically learning kids to recognize disordered kids, daycares, afterschool programs, babysit; interested in medical route sit in on swallowing studies, shadow speech path to figure out what youre interested in; learn about AAC devices; go to TSHA take advantage of all the opportunities; grad school- get involved in research, interact with patients; practicum sites- try to get a diversity of settings; look for courses in related fields- counseling, therapy, client relationship, reading disorders; begin building referral list for your clients; take part in speech and hearing screenings; grad school advice- keep in touch with others in your field; try to do as much continuing ed as you can; try to look for a cfy where you will get 1 on 1 time with your supervisor
DONT FORGET!!!!
BAKE SALE- FEB 16-17 CONTACT ROBYN TO SIGN UP!
SCHLOTZKY'S FUNDRAISER- FEB 23 all day thing bring reciept to get credit!!!
T- SHIRTS ARE IN!!!!! $15
DUES ARE DUE BY THE NEXT MEETING! FEB 23
EXPLORE UT- MARCH 6 contact Sarah to sign up to work a shift
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