Idaho State University - Wickiup Yearbook (Pocatello, ID)

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Dr. Marvin Hanson, director of the speech clinic, listens to some tests. This was Dr. Hanson's last year at the clinic. addition to the practicum, courses in hearing, organic disorders and seminars complete the academic major. The functions of the speech and hearing clinic are many and are inter- dependent, but the primary purpose of all the clinic's functions has always been the training of clinicians. The testing, consultations, therapies, group meetings and parents' institutes have been centered in making better op- portunities for student observers and student clinicians. Graduate clinicians work with col- lege students who have speech and voice problems, seeking to make them better communicators in the univer- sity and as ISU graduates. One half day each week is provided for special consultations by appoint- ment. Usually these are with parents and a young child who is having diffi- culty with articulation or language development. Consultees have come from about 42 Idaho communities even as far as Nampa and Salmon. A few requests have come from out of state. Student clinicians and advanced majors assist with these examinations. .sv Charlyne Craven, teacher, gives therapy to two youngsters as their mother looks on. Children with speech and hearing dis- orders are reached by familiar games and objects. This helps them overcome fear and hesitation. ,fx A Dr. Hanson, Charlyne Craven Qstandingj , teacher, and Dr. Gwenyth Vaughn frightj, head of the Department of Speech Pathology, hold a conference with a potential patient's mother. 25

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Appearing on his own TV show, Phil Uberuaga conducts therapy as Melvin Hargraves, graduate stu- dent, looks on and tunes in by ear phones. The patient is repeating the names of the objects as Uberuaga Speech and Hearing Clinic 24 hands them to him. The speech correction curriculum is a minimal major which permits the student to work toward his basic speech correction credential, a na- tionally recognized accreditation by the American Speech and Hearing As- sociation. This major is supplemented with classes in psychology, education, speech and language arts. Courses most closely associated with the major in speech correction are the study of phonetics and voice problems and a general course cover- ing principles of speech correction with emphasis on the most common faults of articulation characteristics of pre-school and the early grades. Majors begin their concentration by sharing in clinic teaching under super- vision. They prepare lesson plans, teach speech defective children reg- ularly, evaluate and summarize each lesson and have regular weekly con- sultations with the clinic director. In

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Ah studying over a coke in the Student Union Building-a new pastime for Amelia Mbenkenga, one of Idaho State s 31 foreign students Amelia IS a junior in pre-dentistry from Tanganyika. lt I I An African Student Finds New Experiences at ISU By janet Fisk If you happen to be driving to Tanganyika for any of the school vacations, Amelia Mbenkenga, one of Idaho State's foreign students, would like a ride. Amelia is a junior pre-dentistry major from Bwanshonia Kazi Bukoba Tanganyika, East Africa. She came to Idaho State University two years ago from Spokane, Wash., where she was an exchange student. Since coming to America and more specifically, to ISU, Amelia has had many new experiences: shopping in super markets, wearing hats, drinking cokes, making Snowmen and attending university dances. Amelia finds Christmas in America exciting and different. You start so earlyf' declared Amelia. Christmas begins on December 25 with gifts and we celebrate until the new year in Tanganyikaf' Amelia is fascinated with Christmas trees, her favorite part of Christmas. They are not used in her country. Snow and yule decor- ations also are exempted from the Tanganyikan Christmas. Making a snow man was one of the first things Amelia did when she came here. She had never seen snow before. Living in Graveley Hall was not a new experience to Amelia. She had lived in a dorm since the age of 12 when she started boarding school. Dorm hours are not set for coeds in Tanganyika. Girls may be gone from the dorm for seven days and nights be- fore college authorities look for them. Dating may start at age 20 in Amelia's home land, but dates at school are a rarity. Students study all the time and play only during vaca- tions. Amelia likes the informal uni- versity dances, but asked, Why do boys dance with only one girl all night? She also likes the weekend movies, but she cannot get too excited about sports.