This trip has been nothing short of amazing. The opportunities I was given, I will forever be grateful for. The staff (Erolyn and Miss Patti) have been amazing chaperones. I am so grateful for this experience as a whole. I enjoyed getting to bond with my patient at the Tykes camp and learn from the grad students above me with more experience. It was cool to be able to tap into the Belizean culture and learn way more than I could’ve imagined. I appreciate all of the staff who helped make this trip amazing all around.

It was a great experience! I gained a lot of knowledge being an undergraduate. I wish we had one extra day of free time! I also loved meeting the kiddos and the SLP that works for therapy abroad and all the knowledge she gave us. I also loved working with the graduate students to gain clinical experience. I loved having a couple of days being fun days and learning about the culture. We also had amazing food almost every lunch and dinner. I loved the supervisors that went with us everything. They were amazing!

I really liked the tykes camp, but I feel like our freedom was limited when it came too things we wanted to do within the camp and individual sessions. I also enjoyed all the excursions as well. I wish for the evaluations we had more time to prep and get things ready for this. There was not enough time and we basically went in blind with very little experience with evaluations. I also wish the number of adults was less than the kids or 1 to 1 as there was too many adults compared to the amount of kids. We should have more kids next time but overall I had so much fun and it was a great experience!

I had a lot of fun and got to experience a lot. If I had to change anything it would be the ratio of students to clinicians. Three to one was a lot at times and I feel hard for the kid to focus. The area isn’t the cleanest, but if you are with a group you feel safe for the most part. The housing also wasn’t the cleaners as we had a hole in our window and the water pressure in the shower wasn’t great. Food was wonderful everywhere we went and everybody was very polite in the area we were I. I would highly recommend!

I had a great time, I think the externs mixed with us UNI students got a little confusing at times but proved to show we can work together with others on the fly. Sometimes the communication given to the externs was different than what we were expecting. When I got paired up with my extern she thought I was fully ready to lesson plan and data track for a session, when I knew nothing about that. I ended up getting good experience doing it, but I had to brief my extern on my capabilities. Overall, I thought the camp was very fun and successful. I think the grad students did a good job of taking charge and this was definitely a good practice for them before their internships.

This program was fun but Therapy Abroad could have been a lot more helpful with flight issues due to them booking a 5am flight. Considering the airports flying out of, choosing flights that don’t cause students to miss flights and then not doing anything to help figure things out could definitely be better. The program itself could have been planned better. We didn’t have much help ahead of time knowing what students we would be working with or our schedule. Things could have been sent earlier and would have made the stress a lot less.

Participating in this program was one of the best things I've ever done in my adult life thus far. The dichotomy between the United States and Dominica made me reevaluate my day to day life and question where exactly I'm pouting my energy into. I had the privilege of meeting so many wonderful people whom left me seriously evaluating what kind of person I want to be in this world. I am leaving Dominica extraordinarily grateful for the opportunity and burning with a newfound desire to help those who can't help themselves.

Spending a week in Belize with Therapy Abroad was truly one of the most meaningful experiences I’ve had. Everything flowed so smoothly, thanks to our amazing coordinators, Chad and Ms. Patty. They made us feel so supported and welcomed, and they shared their love for Belize’s beautiful, rich culture. We followed a well planned itinerary, and I got to be part of speech, language, and hearing screenings, and the hands on experience left me feeling deeply inspired and motivated to keep pursuing this path. And honestly, one of the best parts was the people. I made some really great friends who I know I’ll keep in touch with. I’m so thankful for this opportunity!