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