I think every Speech-Language Pathologist has had that moment where they are introducing themselves or being introduced and that time comes where you say what you do for a living… Me: ”I’m a Speech-Language Pathologist.” Communication Partner: “You’re a what?” Me: “A Speech-Language Pathologist.” Communication Partner: “Oh a speech teacher!” That dialogue could go on and on, I have heard many variations such as: “so you teach /r/’s,” “oh, you fix hearing!” “I hated my speech teacher” “I loved my speech teacher!” and… “what is that?” So my hope for this post is to help clear up what a Speech-Language Pathologist does! Speech-Language Pathologists provide prevention services, screenings, assessments/evaluation, consultations, diagnosis, treatment, intervention, management, counseling, and collaboration involving various communicative disorders and swallowing disorders (dysphagia). Within our scope of practice we work with people of all ...
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