Wednesday, June 8, 2016

What Speech Language Pathologists do.

Do you know what  Speech therapists (SLPs) work on?
ASHA (American Speech Hearing Association) governing body states that SLPs work on 9 different areas.

Standards III-V must have evidence of competency in the following nine areas:
1. Articulation
2. Fluency- stuttering
3. Voice/Resonance
4. Language  (receptive and expressive, literacy and social language).
5. Hearing- aural rehab, auditory processing.
6. Swallowing  disorders
7. Cognitive aspects of communication
8. Social aspects of communication
9. Communication modalities

http://search.asha.org/default.aspx?q=asha%20big%20nine%20areas


Of course not every SLP will be specially trained in every area.  You will have to ask them.
For example, I work on everything except Feeding and Swallowing disorders.