>> I went to undergrad and graduate school at Ole Miss.
When I was in undergrad, the School of Applied Sciences was not yet here
and so my degree is really a B.A. in Liberal Arts.
I chose this course of study for one reason; my younger brother has dyslexia
and had articulation disorders growing up and had to have speech therapy
and so I thought well gosh; that might be a fun thing to do.
And I took the intro class and really enjoyed it and really thought I was going to go
down the pediatric route and then decided that was not for me.
And then I went to grad school at Ole Miss as well and got my Masters
of Science in Communicative Disorders.
Well, during graduate school we work in the on-campus clinic and most
of the patients there are pediatrics with a range of different disorders.
But then we get the opportunity to go to different off sites
to get the true experience of what a Speech Therapist does.
I was able to go to an outpatient clinic, an elementary school and a rehab hospital
for traumatic brain injuries and I really enjoyed the hospital setting.
It's more fast-paced and it takes a certain amount of patience to work
in a pediatric setting I think and creativity.
And I'm better suited for the older population.