Speech Language Pathologist Essay

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I became inspired to become a speech-language pathologist when I first watched the film, Paulie. This film depicted a small girl, named Marie that had a speech impediment, which caused her to stutter. In order to improve Marie’s speech her mother would pronounce certain sounds and practice daily with her. While watching this film I began to realize that there is a number of individuals in our population that have different speech impairments. As I noticed how the character of Marie struggled with her speech impairment I sought to research the different treatments for individuals similar to Marie, and came across speech therapy and speech-language pathologists. I have always been fascinated by language and how it is essential in communication. I view speech-language pathologists as having a major role in helping …show more content…

I am determined to bring consistency and attentiveness to my job, and inspire such traits in every one of my students. The experiences I have attained have helped me realize that there are guardians and parents seeking special educational services for their children. My involvement in UECC AmeriCorps has provided me with essential learning techniques and patience. I know that not every student learns the same way and there are various students that have different methods of learning. My observations with the speech-language pathologist have provided me with an insight to the necessary requirements that are involved in making lessons. Also, I have a further knowledge about specific techniques that are aimed in aiding students in areas they struggling in. With my motivation for the field of Education and Linguistics I will be able to pursue a career as a speech-language pathologist, because it will expose me to execute my goals with students in need of my

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