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Speech Pathologists in the Workplace!

Speech Pathologists can work in a variety of settings- including medical and educational workplaces
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Speech pathologists can be employed in the education setting working in:          

  • Kindergartens
  • Early Intervention Centres
  • Public and private schools
  • Specialist organisations providing services to people with disabilities
  • Colleges and Universities
           

In the education setting, speech pathologists can work with children who have mild, moderate or severe communication impairments such as:

  • Language delay
  • Specific language impairment
  • Hearing impairment
  • Voice disorders
  • Cleft palate
  • Difficulty with sound production
  • Autism
  • Downs syndrome
  • Stuttering
  • Social interaction difficulties
  • Dyslexia
  • Developmental delay
  • Learning difficulties

 

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In collaboration with teachers, parents, special education teachers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, child psychologists and paediatricians, speech pathologists provide individual and/or group therapy.

Speech pathologists can also be employed by State and Federal government agencies or privately.

 

Speech pathologists also work in the medical setting in:

  • Hospitals
  • Rehabilitation centres
  • Nursing homes
  • Adult day care centres
  • Community health centres

In the medical setting, speech pathologists diagnose and treat adults with swallowing and/or communication disorders such as:

  • Dysphagia-feeding and swallowing difficulties (children and adults)
  • Stroke
  • Motor neuron disease
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Dementia
  • Mental health issues
  • Voice problems
  • Hearing difficulties
  • Dysfluency
  • Cancer of the head and neck (laryngectomy)


Speech pathologists work with and alongside other health professionals including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, psychologists, physicians and many other health professionals.

 

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