Dr Pallavi Patel College of Health Sciences
Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Five Neuroanatomy SLP Students Take Part in Five Acts of Kindness
Tambi Braun, SLP.D., CCC/SLP, SLP associate professor, always starts her first day of the semester undergraduate Neuroanatomy class with a discussion on positivity and neuromapping, and how kindness and community collaboration are essential to wellbeing. The students took part in 5 acts of kindness over the course of the semester. The students donated towards adjunct faculty member, Jillian Yaw Ching, M.S., CCC-SLP, participation in the South Florida Walk to End Hydrocephalus (https://www.hydroassoc.org/event/south-florida-walk-to-end-hydrocephalus/).
Yaw Ching also gave a guest lecture on hydrocephalus in the class. The students were sponsored by community members to donate items to Meals on Wheels South Florida for their holiday collection (https://www.mowsoflo.org/).
Planation community members donated baby clothes to the students for local babies in need. A child’s bicycle and booster seats were donated to a local special needs family and the final act of kindness was groceries for thanksgiving to a local teacher. Braun and the students read inspiring quotes of gratitude and motivation in class as they discussed literacy and language in the corresponding areas of the brain.
Submitted by the Department of Speech-Language Pathology.
Jillian Yaw Ching, M.S., CCC-SLP, at the hydrocephalus walk.
Fabulous five neuroanatomy students, from left are Carly Burch, Eden Pressley, D’Shante Lightbourne, Sarah Kazden and Julie Fumero.