ＰＳ国外申请范文（十六）

Subject: Speech Therapy
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. U7 k$ ]+ v: ?& w: @/ e　　While my friends are off vacationing, I have other plans for the summer.As someone who sees life as one long learning experience, I believe themost sens ible and exciting way I could spend my summer would be byattending Northern Arizona University. This would give me the opportunityto seek my master’s de gree and maintain my position as a speech therapistduring the school year.My background is as diverse as the state I call home. I lived for sevenyears i n the deep south of rural Alabama, where life was very laid-back.Living in A labama gave me a caring and appreciative outlook on life whichwould enhance my personality. Those formative years, especially when viewedin contrast wit h my time in Florida, have given me well-rounded perspectiveon the world. I am a blend of two opposing lifestyles, and my thoughts, ideas and actions re flect this blend.As someone who appreciates geographical diversity, NAU’s lo cation appealsto me immensely. Having lived at sea level in Florida for a lo ng time, Ilook forward to the elevated timberland scenery of Pines and Aspen ssurrounding Flagstaff.My interest in speech therapy stems from my interest
: k6 g- v$ J* x& q8 n" L) win people. I am a"people" person -- I have always enjoyed interacting with m y peers andsupervisors both in and out of theeducational environment. Becau se of mystrong desire to help others as much as I possibly can, I have looke d intovarious ways I could better serve the speech impaired.This is exemplif ied through my diverse volunteer experiences within thefield. Following grad uation from high school, I began volunteering on aweekly basis at Morton Pla nt Hospital. I observed group and individualtherapies such as swallowing, tr aumatic brain injury and several othertherapy techniques ranging from childh ood through geriatrics.While attending University of South Florida in Tampa, I volunteered on aweekly basis with Dr. Carolyn Ford, a professor of Speech
, w# _, W2 ^% Z$ _, q% d7 v3 ]6 cPathology. Myduties included creating and maintaining a research database w hich housedpertinent participant information. Through this experience I beca me morefascinated with the many language disorders in children, and I realiz edthis was an area I wanted to study further. While attending USF, I alsoper formed over 150 hours of volunteer work at Deer Park Elementary School.The i nteraction between the speech pathologist and her students wasimpressive; it was then I realized I would like to work in such a setting.Today, I work as a Speech Therapist for the Pasco County School District atBayonet Point Mid dle School. My responsibilities include co-teaching threelanguage arts class es for the Language Learning Delayed. Additionally, Iwork with the Educable Mentally Handicapped population through co-teach anditinerant therapy. I als o perform pull-out therapy for voice, fluency, andarticulation. I am respons ible for all Individual Education Plans forSpeech-Language students. I organ ize and perform seventh grade mandatoryhearing screenings and referrals, as well as screening and evaluating allspeech-language impaired students.Throug h NAU’s program, I hope to apply the creative and innovativestrategies of my clinical experience to the public school setting.Implementing these strateg ies will be crucial in getting our students onequal footing, since I believe that cookie cutter programs are no longersufficient to address America’s di verse population. Indeed, the order israpidly changing. NAU’s emphasis on th e communicative and learning needsof a culturally and linguistically diverse region would greatly supplementmy knowledge on0 w; b$ K* l; u3 s
how to identify and implemen t strategies to enhance andassist this growing population.In summation, I am a good match for NAU because I am a self-motivated, caring person who wants to further my knowledge so that I may enable mystudents to be the best that
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