All it takes is a spark, to light a match, to ignite a fire.

All it takes is a spark, to light a match, to ignite a fire.

Once upon a time, there was an 18 year old girl who received a full ride scholarship to her local metro university.  She took public transportation to get there since she couldn’t afford parking, and simultaneously worked 30 hours while going to school full time.  Each day she walked onto the train, she wasn’t sure she would actually receive her bachelor’s degree, but she decided she would take it day

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ASHA 2015: Conference Takeaways!

ASHA 2015: Conference Takeaways!

Wow!  I just completed a whirlwind three day national speech conference called the ASHA convention.  ASHA stands for the American Speech/Language Hearing Association, and it is the association that certifies SLP’s.  That CCC behind our name (i.e. Laura Smith MA. CCC-SLP) is from ASHA in case you have ever wondered. I’ve never been to ASHA before because it’s usually extremely expensive and somewhere to which I would have to fly.

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