What the Fricative is a podcast for speech-language pathologists by speech-language pathologists. We chat about grad school survival, daily struggles and successes of an SLP and stories from all of you! You'll be sure to laugh, learn, and maybe even cry... but that's okay. We're here to support each other through it all!
The Journey to and through Grad School with Cerebral Palsy with Angie Evenich
Angela Evenich (she/her) is a self-proclaimed disability activist and disabled graduate student studying Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at San Francisco State University (Graduated May 2023 | Class of 2023). Her passion for empowering others as a speech-language therapist is fueled by her experiences with disability advocacy, receiving disability-related services, and navigating the world as someone with cerebral palsy.
31 Mar 2023
SLP Continuing Education, Grad School Learning Gaps and More with Kate Grandbois
Kate has been an SLP since 2007 and a BCBA since 2014. She has experience working in private practice, outpatient clinics, outpatient hospital settings, and consulting to private schools and legal teams. She specializes in augmentative alternative communication, language development, and integrating AAC into the educational/vocational programming of persons with complex learning needs. Her private practice, Grandbois Therapy + Consulting, LLC, focuses on multidisciplinary treatment, collabora...
17 Mar 2023
Becoming the First Black Male SLP to Graduate from Kent State University + The Challenges that Came With It
Mr. Lorenz Clark is the first African American male to graduate from his Master’s Program at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Lorenz was told that “Blacks had no home there” but clearly he proved them wrong! He moved from Fayetteville, North Carolina to Kent, Ohio during the COVID-19 pandemic to pursue his dreams of being a Speech-Language Pathologist.
13 Mar 2023
The Journey Through Grad School As a New Mom + A Cross-Country Move with Natalie Iverson
Natalie is a pediatric CF-SLP based out of Northern Utah. She grew up in central California and did her undergraduate studies at Utah State University in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She then moved to central New York to complete her graduate degree at Syracuse University in speech-language pathology. Natalie’s graduate studies were completed in the heart of the pandemic with all its complications. Her current position is working with kids of all disorders areas in a private clinic w...
9 Feb 2023
The Journey to Creating Multiple Side Buisinesses + Tie-Mates with Dominique Jones
I have been a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist for 11 years. I am excited to be launching a new product that was developed because of my son’s interest to learn how to tie his shoes at 4 years old. Thinking like an SLP helped us learn this difficult skill of shoe-tying and we were able to develop something as a family that is intentional and fun. We are thrilled to share Tie-Mates with others and hope it brings smiles and confidence to many children and families! Our goal is to enhance c...
7 Feb 2023
SLP Grad School Survival Tips from a Grad Chairperson with Carly Jo Hosbach-Cannon, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Hosbach-Cannon joined the Ithaca College faculty in Fall 2016 and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. She earned her Ph.D. from Syracuse University under the guidance of Dr. Soren Lowell, and has been a licensed clinician since 2010 with a primary background in Inpatient Rehabilitation. Clinically, Dr. Hosbach-Cannon supervises individual diagnostics and therapy in the Ewing Speech and Hearing Clinic for a wide variety of populations (vo...
5 Feb 2023
The Journey to CCC-SLP Through a 5 Year Program with Justina Ghali
My name is Justina Ghali and I’m from Dallas, Texas! I just graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology. During graduate school, I focused my clinical and research studies on diagnosing and treating adults with acquired brain injuries! In my free time, I love taking walks, reading books and traveling with my friends and family!! Instagram @justinaghali
3 Feb 2023
Personal and Professional Experiences with Aphasia with Sami Wong
Sami Wong, MS, CF-SLP, MBA is a speech-language pathologist and aphasia advocate currently completing her clinical fellowship in an adult-focused, post-acute setting in the Pacific Northwest. speechpluslanguage.com instagram.com/samiwong_
1 Feb 2023
The Journey to Starting a Private Practice with Lauren DeVoe
I completed my undergrad at New Mexico State University on a full-ride scholarship to ride for their Equestrian Team. I then went to graduate school at UW-Whitewater, where I had clinical rotations in schools, acute care, birth-three, pediatric SNF, and an LTACH. I completed my CF in Birth-Three and have been working there ever since. I also worked PRN in acute care for about a year. Back in October, I started to toy around with the idea of starting my private practice. I incessantly research...
14 Jun 2022
Journey to Becoming an Audiologist with Dr. Michelle Hu from Mama Hu Hears
Michelle Hu has been a pediatric audiologist for over 12 years working specifically with the diagnosis, hearing amplification, cochlear implant evaluation, programming and aural rehabilitation. Something unique about her is that she grew up hard of hearing herself. She was fit with hearing aids at at 3 years and now utilizes bilateral cochlear implants. Her personal experience lends to her uncanny ability to relate and be a role model for others with hearing loss and source of strength...
11 May 2022
The Journey to Starting a Private Practice after having a pandemic baby with ToniAnn Loftus
ToniAnn Gambella Loftus, MS. CCC-SLP/TSSLD has been working with kids with special needs in some capacity using a variety of interventions and methodologies since 2006.. She received her master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from Seton Hall University and her undergraduate degree from Meredith College. ToniAnn has a special interest in feeding and hearing. She has been working in the DIR®/Floortime™ model since 2011. She is expertly trained in DIR/Floortime and teaches coursework throu...
4 Apr 2022
Journey to SLPA After Being a Sole Survivor of a Car Crash with Emi Arai-Saito
Emi is an SLPA who loves helping the special needs population. When she was younger, Emi faced some incredibly difficult challenges. She was involved in a horrific car crash that left her as the sole survivor. In the aftermath, Emi had to learn how to cope with new difficulties and live with the loss of her two close friends. Despite everything she went through, Emi never gave up. Her story is one of strength and resilience, and she hopes to inspire others with it. Instagram: https://www.ins...
24 Mar 2022
The Journey to Becoming a New Mom In Grad School with Maisie Gordon
Maisie takes us on her journey to becoming a new mom in grad school
10 Mar 2022
The Importance of Mental Health in Graduate School with Meghan Flynn
Meghan Flynn is a Speech-Language Pathologist who recently graduated from St. Ambrose University with her Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology. She is currently completing her clinical fellowship in home health in Chicago, IL. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flynnprobz/
28 Feb 2022
Journey from SLPA to SLP + The Craziest Praxis Story
Elena from ms.bslp on Instagram! She is a CF-SLP in an elementary school in Massachusetts! Elena worked as an SLPA for a year in the same elementary school that she works in now before going to grad school for Speech-Language Pathology. She has a caseload of over 100 students in grades K-5 and says she is absolutely never ever bored! TPT Store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Ms-B-Slp Instagram: ms.bslp
24 Feb 2022
Journey to Private Practice and Beyond with Kimberly Martin Erskine
Kim is an idea person. She is a practicing SLP and began her career working for private practices that she didn't quite believe in. She felt she could do it better, took business classes at night, and opened her first business- a private, pediatric speech and occupational therapy clinic- in 2012. By 2013, she had opened her second business- The Flourish Center in Columbus, Ohio- to bring a new model of therapy to her area. The Flourish Center housed related professiona...
4 Feb 2022
SLP Graduate Student Living with Aphasia Post Stroke with Katherine Wolf
Katherine is a wife to Steven and a mom to Everett (almost 4) and Rebekah (2). She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she is a second-year graduate SLP student at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. She is a stroke survivor and someone who lives with aphasia. She loves to read, play board games, and be in the mountains. Her dream is to work in acute care where she can give back to other stroke and TBI survivors. Her favorite subjects in graduate school are neurogenic communicat...
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