
Jaime Chadek
Speech Language Pathologist
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO USA
“Life can take you to all kinds of different places if you let it.”
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO USA
“Life can take you to all kinds of different places if you let it.”
Speech Language Pathologist
I diagnose and treat speaking disabilities.
I work at an outpatient rehabilitation center and I get to work with kids and families from a wide area and all over the disorder spectrum. I see kids ages 12 months to 18 years old who have communication challenges. This ranges anywhere from kids with speech problems all the way to children on the autistic spectrum to develop their understanding of speech. I work with kids who have experienced a stroke or a traumatic brain injury to help them develop skills to reintegrate into everyday life.
Here's the first step for everyone
Go with the flow and follow what is driving you. I know it’s super cliche, but you have to work 8-10 hours a day. If you don’t at least half way like what you’re doing during those hours - what a terrible quality of life. I started in advertising, but the culture of young people is changing, and it’s less important to have a career that you’ll keep for 40 years. So dabble around until you land on something that you like.
"You're work as a behavioralist doesn't matter. You got your undergraduate degree too long ago, you can't get into a master's program."