National Student Speech, Language, Hearing Association

What is NSSLHA?

·      NSSLHA stands for National Student Speech Language Hearing Association

·      We are a locally certified chapter recognized by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

What do we do?

·      We plan fundraisers, meetings and events throughout the semester that are catered to future speech language pathologists (SLPs)

·      We help current Communication Disorders majors/minors with any questions they may have regarding courses and professors in the communication disorders department

Why join?

·      Joining NSSLHA provides a great way to network with classmates, and it also expands your knowledge about the field of communication disorders

What have we done in the past?

·      In the past we have held bake sale fundraisers for Meaningful Movements Inc., a dance studio for the intellectually and/or physically disabled, which allows its members to express themselves through dance therapy. We were able to raise nearly $200

·      We have also fundraised for geriatric patients in Wayne. We were able to raise nearly $200

·      We hosted a toy drive in collaboration with NJSHA (New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association) and Ryan's Toy Roundup with the toys being donated to the Passaic County Women's Center.

·      We’ve had guest speakers from the Adler Aphasia Center come to talk about aphasia, a communication disorder that results most commonly from stroke or traumatic brain injury

·      We’ve held meetings to discuss the Deaf community

·      We’ve hosted jeopardy game nights, for communication disorders students registered in Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Swallowing Mechanism, in order to help them pass their exams

·      We’ve supported the local Down Syndrome community by forming a NSSLHA team in the annual Buddy Walk, in which we helped raise over $500

·      We’ve had a meeting to discuss the application process for the BA/MS program

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