Neuroanatomy SLP Students Take Part in 5 Acts of Kindness

Fabulous five neuroanatomy students, from left are Carly Burch, Eden Pressley, D’Shante Lightbourne, Sarah Kazden and Julie Fumero.

Jillian Yaw Ching, M.S., CCC-SLP, at the hydrocephalus walk

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 five acts of kindness over the course of the semester. The students donated toward 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/.

Plantation 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.

Posted 11/26/23