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Speech Therapist (Speech-Language Pathologist)
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- Median wage: $66,920 in May 2010
- Lowest 10% earned less than $42,970
- Top 10% more than $103,630.
- The standard level of education for speech-therapist is a master’s degree
- A license requires at least a master’s degree and supervised clinical experience
- Speech-language pathologists can earn the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology offered by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
IMPORTANT QUALITIES
- Compassion
- Critical-thinking skills
- Meticulous
- Good Listener
- Patience
- Speaking skills
Becoming a Speech Therapist
By Chamodhi Ranathunga
Bibliography
Why I Chose This Career
- http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/speech-language-pathologists.htm
- It seemed like a job where you help people with needs
- You have opportunities to experience different kinds of backgrounds
- You get to travel
- It seemed like a job where you could actually enjoy doing
How to Become One
Salary
- 44% :Elementary and secondary schools; state, local, and private
- 15% :Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists
- 13% :Hospitals; state, local, and private
- 4% :Nursing care facilities
- 3% :Home health care services
Where They Work
What They Do
Almost half of them work at Elementary and secondary schools; state, local, and private
Most work at healthcare facilities
Sometimes at a patient's home
Job Outlook
Therapists usually work full time and spend a lot of their time transferring to different facilities
- Diagnose and treat communication and swallowing disorders in patients.
- Use treatment options
- Treatment plan
- Teach to make sounds and improve their voices
- Teach alternative communication methods
- Sign language (to patients with little or no speech capability)
- Work with patients to:
- Increase their ability to read and write correctly
- Develop and strengthen the muscles used to swallow
- Counsel patients and families on how to cope with communication disorders
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