| Responder |
Kelly Luu |
| Project Title |
Enriching Language and Literacy Locally: Rea(DI)ng Uni(VERSITY) Summer 2022 |
| Start Date |
6/6/22 |
| End Date |
2/27/23 |
| Project Location: City |
San Antonio |
| Project Location: County |
Bexar |
| Other Student Leaders |
Abigail Johnson, MSLP1, Jessi O’Brien, MSLP1, Amy Opersteny, MSLP1, Rylan Ponthier, MSLP1 |
| Community Partner Organization |
PROSPERA housing community services |
| CSL Mentor – Name |
Angela Kennedy |
| Other Mentors |
Casey Taliancich Klinger, Ph.D., CCC-SLP |
| Is this project interprofessional? |
No |
| Professions Represented |
Speech Language Pathology |
| Project Category |
Clinical Service |
| Project Activities |
Health Education,Health Screenings, |
| Is this project conducted as part of a student organization? |
No |
| Student Organization Name |
N/A |
| Is this project done as part of an academic course (required OR elective)? |
Yes |
| Course Name |
Other |
| Community Partner Name |
Tiffany Cisneros |
| Community Partner Job Title |
Resident Service Manager |
| Total Number of Students on Project Team |
5 |
| Number of Community Beneficiaries |
25 |
| Total Number of Other Faculty/Staff |
4 |
| Number of Other Community Volunteers |
0 |
| Mentor Hours |
78 |
| Student Leader Hours |
28 |
| Total Number of Student Hours |
73 |
| Semester Service Hours |
|
| What type of funding did you use to conduct this project? |
CSL Mini or Midi grant from the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics |
| Mini/Midi Grant Amount Awarded |
$3,881 |
| Did you do this project as part of Federal Work Study from the Office for Financial Aid? |
No |
| Did you receive In-Kind Donations for this project? |
No |
| Amount of In-Kind Donation $ |
N/A |
| CSL Abstract |
CSL abstract final.pdf |
| CSL Poster |
Enriching Language and Literacy Locally Rea(DI)ng Uni(VERSITY) Summer 2022 Kelly Luu.pdf |
| Challenges |
Working with a group of people means working with different schedules. A challenge we faced was deciding what days and times worked for us to meet and work on the project. Some factors included meeting virtually on zoom or in person all while having clinic, classes, and schoolwork to consider. Planning is vital in situations like this and sometimes resulted in splitting up the work when the schedules of the group did not mesh. However, by doing so, it helped tackle the work that needed to be done. |
| Lessons Learned |
We learned that when working with different people of different backgrounds, being educated on their culture can help you approach and understand them in many ways you sometimes would not think of. Learning about the people you’re working with or could possibly work with in the future can help build a great rapport and can lead to strong future bonds. |
| Success Story |
Once we started administering the narrative short story retell, Preschool Language Scales-5 (PLS-5) Screening, Articulation and Clinical Evaluation of Language fundamentals (CELF-5) screeners at Las Palmas Garden, we quickly learned that most of the participants were below average in terms of their speech and language skills. After a month and 2 weeks of implementing a fun way for the participants to learn without imitating a classroom setting and including more playtime-like learning, 70-80% of them improved in language skills and were able to create narratives in addition to relaying stories that consisted of the different grammar elements that were taught throughout the program. |
| Conferences Where You Presented Project |
Kelly L, Abigail J, Jessi O’Brien, Amy O, Rylan P. Enriching Language and Literacy Locally: Rea(DI)ng Uni(VERSITY) Summer 2022. Poster presented at: 16th Annual CSL Conference: Mental Health is Public Health February 4th, 2023; San Antonio, TX. |
| Publications of your Project |
NA |
