Author Archives: Melanie
Melanie’s Fall Semester
This past fall was my last semester of graduate school. I didn’t have any classes, so I spent 5 days a week at my externship site. I was at the elementary school in our town. The school was about 14 … Continue reading
Final days of my externship
I finished my externship at Wytheville this past Tuesday. I was able to get 120 hours (I was aiming for 100) with a variety of experiences in different age groups and disorders. Although the drive was long (45 min one … Continue reading
Boone Wedding
Andrew and I were able to take some time off of work last week to attend my cousin Brandon’s wedding. My family came and stayed with us Wednesday night, and Thursday morning they drove to Philadelphia, PA for some sight … Continue reading
Externship Update
I have finished 3 weeks at Wythe County Community Hospital. I’m still enjoying it. Most of the patients I see actually come to the outpatient rehab unit. My supervisor and I have seen a few patients in the hospital. We … Continue reading
Spring clinic
Clinic this semester was a little different. I had two clients and diagnostics this semester. My first client was about 9 and came because he couldn’t say his “r” sound. He had attended clinic the previous spring, but hadn’t been … Continue reading
Spring 2009 Classes
The semester is over, so it’s time for my update of the semester. This semester was probably my busiest one so far with 4 classes and clinic. My classes this semester included Fluency, Traumatic Brain Injury, Aphasia, and Dysphagia. Technically … Continue reading
Fall Clinic
Well, now that the new semester has started I’ll write about clinic last semester. I had two clients last semester. Both were nonverbal. The irony of it struck me at the end of the semester… I was doing speech therapy … Continue reading
Christmas in Greenville and Michigan
Andrew was able to take off of work on Christmas Eve, so we headed down to Greenville Tuesday evening (Dec. 23). We spent Christmas Eve morning completing our Christmas shopping at some stores we don’t have in our area. We … Continue reading
Nature
We periodically get pretty windy days with strong gusts. Friday was such a day. Sustained wind was around 70 mph with gusts recorded up to 150 mph. It appears the wind knocked down an oak tree at a nearby house. … Continue reading
Fall School Semester
Well, now that the semester is over, I’ll get around to writing about it. I wanted to do this months ago, but I never did. My schedule was very different this year. I had 2 block classes on Monday, and … Continue reading