Almost a year ago exactly, circumstances aligned that I knew for sure that I could not stay in the work position I was in: \u00a0I couldn’t do good for it, and it wasn’t doing me any good.<\/p>\n
But\u00a0I had worked so hard to understand clinical practice as a speech-language pathologist in a supervisory capacity: \u00a0that role, that teaching, that responsibility.<\/strong> \u00a0A \u00a0lot of my time, energy, and resources had been dedicated to learning as much as I could. \u00a0My mind and sense of investment still haven’t\u00a0quite adapted to letting that go. \u00a0I also had the time to think about it and try to come to a more coherent review of it all.<\/p>\n The result is what I characterize as a first-person account.<\/strong> \u00a0It includes how I thought\/felt\/approached things and specific resources. \u00a0I think it has helped me to process things, and I like to think that it\u00a0may<\/em> be helpful to someone else.<\/p>\n Conversations About Conversations: \u00a0Graduate Student Clinicians 1<\/a> includes a review of how I related to being a clinical supervisor generally, and primarily focuses on the practicalities of the situation.<\/p>\n Conversations About Conversations: \u00a0Graduate Student Clinicians 2<\/a> applies more specifically to my sense of how to teach being a speech-language pathologist to individuals with complex communication needs.<\/p>\n Conversations About Conversations: \u00a0References<\/a> are the resources that I pulled from in a semi-APA style, I think. \u00a0I didn’t work to hard to get it formatted that way because this really is not a research thing.<\/p>\n << End blip. >><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Almost a year ago exactly, circumstances aligned that I knew for sure that I could not stay in the work position I was in: \u00a0I couldn’t do good for it, and it wasn’t doing me any good. But\u00a0I had worked so hard to understand clinical practice as a speech-language pathologist in a supervisory capacity: \u00a0that … Continue reading 02.25.18 — My first first-person account of being a Clinical Practicum Instructor<\/span>