2nd day of the rest of my life!

So as many of you know I'm in graduate school at UTDallas working on my master's in Speech Language Pathology (SLP).  Today was my 2nd day of my 2nd semester of grad school.  I can't believe that when this semester is over in only 7 weeks, I will only have a year left.  It's so exciting! This semester I'm taking dysphagia (in non-SLP terms that means swallowing disorders) and Auditory Verbal Therapy.  I'm also doing two practicums.  In one I'm working with an adult client with Traumatic Brain Injury and in the other I will be working with children with cochlear implants in a very fun camp setting.  The auditory verbal class goes along with my cochlear implant practicum.  Anyways... all of this was to say that I'm soooooo excited about this class and practicum.  I love kids and I LOVE kids with cochlear implants and hearing impairment.  I know it seems so strange but these kids really hold a special place in my heart.  Most of my SLP friends know that deaf children pulled my heart strings so much that I moved across the country to pursue this very degree, just so I could work with them.  So here I am in my 2nd semester of grad school and I get to drool over the population I love so much!!!

Here are a few pictures of a cutie with a cochlear implant.  These kids are simply amazing and I'm so honored to get a chance to enter their lives.  I can't wait to graduate so that I can work with them every day!

Photo from hearingpocket.com where you can buy clothing to accomodate CI's

If anyone has questions about cochlear implants or anything SLP related please send them my way.  I'm not certified yet but I'm always willing to talk to people about what I'm doing or direct them to people that can answer their questions!