Hello everyone! I have recently been accepted to M.Sc. in Communication Sciences and Disorders program at NYU. This is absolutely a dream come true and a chance that I do not want to miss, yet I need your help to make this dream come true.
Covering expenses like housing, food, and tuition fees is beyond my parents’ and my ability, especially in a cutthroat city like New York. To successfully finish my 48-credit graduate program I would need approximately $40,000 for my first year to cover these expenses and be able to attend NYU.
Although I would contribute to some of the expenses by working while studying, I would still need help as I won’t be able to work that long as a full-time grad student, especially during the first year. Getting this funding before this September is crucial for me since I would need to find a place to rent and pay for the tuition, where I would have to show proof of funding to register.
Therefore, I am sincerely asking you if you could help make my dream of becoming an SLP and coming to New York come true. Any help towards this fundraiser will get me a step further toward fulfilling my dream as a licensed SLP in New York.
Once again, thank you so much for your donations as this means a lot to me.
https://paypal.me/JasmineFundingEd?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US
My Aspiration:
Double-majoring in Linguistics and Psychology, I’ve long been attracted to topics surrounding communication disorders since my first year, particularly aphasias resulting from damages to Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas. Furthermore, I have also developed a passion for raising awareness of ADHD and ASD among the general public after working as a research intern in different psychology labs over the past years, facilitating projects that aim at developing school-based service models for the support and training of students with ADHD in primary and secondary schools. While gaining valuable research skills, I maintained my schoolwork well and tutored several adolescents with language impairment at the same time during the pandemic. Nonetheless, what I observed while tutoring was devastating: many parents seldom asked about their children’s learning experience. They even got used to teasing them without paying attention to their physical and mental needs. Therefore, my concerns about adolescents’ learning environment in a cutthroat world accumulated, let alone those who needed extra care from their parents and teachers.
Regardless of background, I genuinely believe that all youngsters are invaluable treasures and the future of society who have the magical power to reinvent our world. Having developed a devotion to supporting the needs and development of children and adolescents with special needs, except wanting to equip myself with more advanced diagnostic knowledge and therapeutic techniques, I also want to learn how the institutional system can improve to accommodate their needs effectively in this hyper-competitive era.
To sum up, my primary interest is to 1) learn and specialize in improving the overall communication skills among children with language disabilities, particularly children with ASD. After earning my master’s degree in CSD, I plan to 2) further equip myself with psychotherapeutic techniques, primarily focusing on family-based interventions to help parents of children with language impairments be mindful of their concerns and adjust expectations because I believe family cooperation is crucial to providing the best support to children. Instead of treating myself as a higher authority, I want to accompany the family in maximizing their children’s overall learning and socializing experiences. Furthermore, I would like to 3) contribute to existing curriculum designs for special education to provide a truly nurturing environment for all children’s growth.