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Hi folks, I'm Mikaila. I'm a Speech-Language Pathologist in training, set to graduate in Spring 2019. I'm here to share my graduate school experience with all of you other SLPs to be out there! I'll be discussing my experiences with clinic/practicum, classwork, various therapy materials, being a TA, and so much more. I hope I can provide valuable insight for other grad students, undergrads looking forward to grad school, and those just beginning to look into the profession.

(And heck, maybe some "grown up" SLPs too!)

So, Why "Squirrelly Speech?"
When I was in my Language and Literacy class in undergrad, I wrote a hefty paper on language and literacy considerations for children with ADHD... and I got a really into it. It's really an area that gets overlooked a lot; speech and language problems in children with ADHD are so often written off as a result of the attention difficulties rather than as disorders in their own right. It became a bit of a passion project, and if I ever pursue a PhD, that will likely be my area of research.

In addition to my discovery of ADHD as a research interest, my brother has ADHD, which led me to ponder this area in the first place. Here's the interesting part... fast forward a year or so, and I was diagnosed with ADHD myself! My interest was in the right area all along, I suppose! So, given all of that, "Squirrelly Speech" seemed like a unique and memorable blog title that also fits me really well. And here we are!

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