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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So be a speech pathologist during the school year and train dogs during the summer. That way you still get all the health benefits and retirement etc. of being a school employees.

By the way, that's what my mom did.  Speech pathologist who worked with show dogs during the summer.[/quote]

I get what you’re saying but it’s not quite the same. I want to help injured or sick animals, not show dogs for profit.  I’m an introvert and I will inevitably burnout from being an SLP. I always wanted to work with animals but I have an ethical dilemma that I feel when it comes to profiting off of helping animals… which is why I didn’t choose to go into that and I chose to foster instead.

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For an introvert the basically one-on-one work of a SLP is great. You need to reframe your thinking OP. You seem to have crap-colored glasses.[/quote]

It’s not always one on one. That’s what I thought too before i began my clinical rotations. Schools are over flooded with kids needing and qualifying for services. The SLP will often have to see kids in small group or push-in to the classroom in order to support the student. In other settings (nursing homes and private practice), small groups are also common. And it’s becoming more necessary because so many people need services and in order to serve them all, they can’t always be seen one on one. [/quote]

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