Today was the first day of summer speech camps. I am helping with a camp working with children ranging from ages 3-6. I am absolutely exhausted.
However, I am working with a child that I helped with 2 years ago. It is absolutely AMAZING to see how far he has come. When I initially worked with him, he was barely saying 2 word utterances...NOW he will talk your ear off! He is so charming and sweet! He still have a few language and articulation problems, but he has progressed leaps and bounds in just 2 years! If anything makes what I am doing gratifying--it is being able to see the progress of these clients! SO WORTHWHILE! GO SLPs!
Since working with little nuggets is so tiring, I came home and ate lunch and decided to lay down...under my coffee table. This sounds silly, but I was sitting by it and it was the easiest option. I slept there for an hour. Total win? I think yes!
(ON A SIDE NOTE: a mother approached us today and called us student teachers...I was quite offended (not because being a student teacher is offensive) only because many people don't fully understand what a speech-language pathologist does. Therefore, I charge myself and other SLPs to get the word out! HOLLERRR! Here ya go fellow followers: Speech-language pathology is the treatment for the improvement or cure of communication disorders, including speech, language, and swallowing (bet ya didn't know that was under our scope of practice!) disorders. The term used to describe professionals in this discipline is speech and language pathologist (SLP).
Note to self:
-Drink a lot of coffee to be energized and ready to run after a 5 year old.
-Take naps in my living room more often.
-Play ultimate frizbee more often because it's a blast (and a good work out).
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