Speech Pathologist
Core
Diagnosing, treating, and preventing speech, language, and swallowing disorders in patients to improve communication abilities and articulate fluency.
Role type
Clinical speech-language pathologist
Builds
Individual or group therapy programs, treatment plans, and augmentative/alternative communication devices
Domain
Healthcare / Speech and Language Therapy
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Diagnosis of communication and swallowing disorders, treatment plan development, patient education, interdisciplinary collaboration, AAC device design, voice disorder assessment, program implementation, medical documentation
Preferred skills
Research participation, working with diverse cultural backgrounds, critical thinking, problem-solving, multitasking
Technologies
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices