I can continue to forge my professional and academic development by finishing the undergraduate program and then going on to graduate school. By doing this, I will learn more and get to know other people. I will have the opportunity to collaberate with other future and current SLPs and allied professions. After school, I will gain further knowledge by going to continueing education classes and conventions. I know that I will have to do research while I am in school and in practice. I may be faced with a task or a client with a certain disorder that I may need to learn more about. The best way to go about that is to use different resources such as books, journals, magazines, and the internet. The Communication Disorders field is constantly growing and changing. I will constantly need to research and learn about those changes in order to effectively treat clients. I believe that I respond openly to research. I know that if I don't find information and gain a better understanding then I won't learn. If I don't learn then, naturally, I won't know. That won't get me far in my career.