Tuesday, March 2, 2010

3/2/10 BONUS MEETING!!

******COMMENT TO THESE MINUTES TO GET CREDIT FOR THE BONUS MEETING!!***

This Saturday is Explore UT- email sarah

SPEAKER: Jan Lougeay- UT Dallas clinic director and vp for research and development

Tsha mission: advocates and educates and informs professionals and provides opportunities to work to gether to be better at what we do
What tsha does for you:
Legislative voice- advocacy, maintain high professional standards, issues related to licensed assistants and licensure
Professional issues- slp shortage, cld issues, telepractice, medical issues, private practice, assistive technology
Public info and marketing- pamphlets and brochures, public info exhibit, shoppe THSA

Belonging to tsha is voluntary

March 25-27 TSHA convention this year in dallas: communication, cowboys and culture
101 courses- highly intervention based, recommended for students and people involved in clinical practicum

Keynote speaker- Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams
Other speakers: Nancy Swigert- focus on pediatric and adult dysphagia; Michelle Winner- expert on autism and social domain; Judy Montgomery- public school setting

Student rep to TSHA exec board: Samantha Barrera and Kalli Donaway
For every 2 hrs you volunteer you get 2 TSHA bucks to spend at the convention

University contests:
Most students attending convention, most student member of TSHA, Praxis Bowl

Legislative active students- new task force, one student from each university, learn to be proactive politically, your vote counts!

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month- try to get NSSLHAs to do community activities
Continuing education- must get 10 hrs every yr as an SLP, they have many free opportunities

Cost- student membership $25 per year, annual convention registration is $30

Benefits- half off first yr of professional membership if you were a student member for 1 yr, free if student member for 2 yrs, career awareness info, legislative advocacy, continuing ed, publications, reduced convention registration, job placement, website access

Getting in masters programs is very competitive now, becoming more popular profession
Most cases, jobs wont hire you because you graduated from ut- Austin; they hire because you are enthusiastic, hardworking and committed

Applying to grad school- be open minded- apply to any that you can, some programs have difficulty filling their spots so don’t worry too much about your GPA; try to do what you can with your GPA- schools prioritize most likely on GPA; letters of recommendation- usually want letters from faculty members, try to get to know the professors, have at least 2 people that can speak about your academic abilities; letter of interest- doesn’t need to be creative excuse, be a reflection of who you are, what is exciting to you about this field, what have you enjoyed, well defined career interests if any, if you have had experiences related to slp, observation hours are really helpful

Can work as an SLP- assistant with bachelor degree- must have 25 hrs of observation and 25 hrs of therapy; why??- can work as an assistant to have a job for now until you decide/can go to grad school

advice- Don’t decide right away what you want to work in because you don’t really know until you experience many things. ask yourself: Does this profession appeal to me now?? Does it seem interesting and will it keep my interested??
want a Research career- important to look at the university you are attending and the faculty that are involved in the research you are interested in

at TSHA: Go to exhibit hall during sessions to seek out people to talk to them about what they do
Door prize winners: cara patierno and ashlee burzo

ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!

BAKE SALE DID GREAT!!!!!! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!

EXPLORE UT IS THIS SATURDAY MARCH 6. CONTACT SARAH WITH ANY QUESTIONS

** THIS MEETING WAS A BONUS ONE TO GIVE YALL AN EXTRA POINT WHERE YOU NEED IT. ALONG WITH YOUR NAME AND EID IN THE COMMENT BELOW, INCLUDE WHERE YOU WANT THIS BONUS POINT TO GO- SOCIAL, SERVICE, FUNDRAISER OR MEETING (IF YOU HAVE MISSED ONE AND YOU ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO TSHA)**

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