Therapy Abroad: Belize - Communication Sciences & Disorders Program

This two-week program is based in La Democracia, Belize and is intended for undergraduate, graduate and post-bacc students ages 18 and up who are interested in pursuing a career as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. This is an ideal program for students who want to take advantage of working alongside professional U.S. accredited speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in order to observe and learn more about this remarkable field of study. Students will gain hands on experience rarely found in the classroom, professional observation hours, intercultural exchange, a better understanding of global issues, and a chance to help children with special needs and their families.

Your group will work with the Ministry of Education in Belize, as well as multiple non-governmental organization, to bring services to children throughout the country. Focusing on grassroots community based outreach, students will work directly with U.S. licenses SLPs in small groups, learning about communication disorders in multicultural environments with speakers of English as a second language and working directly with school aged children and adults, gaining invaluable experience observing, assessing and developing and implementing intervention plans as needed.

There are no prerequisites for this program, and students from any department or major may apply. Spaces for this program are limited and all applications will be individually evaluated on a rolling basis. Students on this program will primarily be working with children, so all applicants should be comfortable working with children and be creative and flexible to get the most out of their experience.