Mentor: Carolyn Craig

Imagine choosing to work in the emergency room because working in a school was too hard. That is the reality that some speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are forced to face. This is unfortunately, not a topic that many people, including SLPs, have properly investigated. For this reason, this research has chosen to focus on a possible cause of this issue, that students under an SLP's scope of practice, specifically those with language impairments, have more behavior problems than their peers without language impairments. This research is relevant to my field because any speech-language pathologist that has worked in schools knows that the children under their care tend to have difficulties in class. Unfortunately, the school system is not made for children with language impairments, so they struggle academically and socially. Hopefully, this research will begin the necessary discussions to better help these children in school and force people to think about other groups that struggle in school.

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