What Do Speech-Language Pathologists Do?

I AM A SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP)…

When people make small talk with me and ask what I do, 90% of the time I cannot just say my title and leave it at that. Unless the person I am speaking to or their loved one has had speech therapy, they usually have never heard of my profession or, at best, they have heard the title but have limited knowledge about what types of things speech-language pathologists diagnose and treat. Speech-language pathologists serve people of all ages from birth to death. We are trained to work on the below areas.

Scope of practice, Diagnoses, SLP, Speech therapyLoren AlexanderSeptember 18, 2020speech-language pathology, scope of practice, diagnoses, treatment, speech Comments