| A speech pathologist, or speech therapist, is a | | | | event such as a stroke. The patients will have to |
| therapist who helps patients of all ages improve | | | | relearn how to speak properly. You will find these |
| their communication skills. They also assist people | | | | speech pathologists working in hospitals, |
| who have difficulties swallowing. Speech | | | | rehabilitation clinics, and nursing homes. They can |
| pathologists diagnose and treat communication | | | | also work in private settings such as a patient's |
| problems related to language and speech. They | | | | home. |
| work in a wide variety of settings such as | | | | Speech pathologists can work with adults with |
| schools, clinics, hospitals, government, and private | | | | eating and swallowing problems that result from a |
| settings. Patients who undergo treatment with a | | | | stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury, multiple |
| speech therapist may have a pronunciation, | | | | sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, motor neuron |
| language, or fluency disorder which prevents them | | | | dysfunction, Huntington's disease...etc. |
| from understanding others, or they cannot be | | | | Speech Pathology Research Jobs: A speech |
| understood by others when they try to speak to | | | | pathologist can work in a research setting such as |
| them. Speech pathologists can be found working | | | | a university or company to conduct research and |
| in a wide variety of specialized rehabilitation areas. | | | | carry out experiments. The goal is to find |
| Types of speech pathology jobs include: | | | | improved treatment techniques and to discover |
| Pediatric Speech Pathology Jobs: There are | | | | why certain speech difficulties take place. |
| speech pathologist jobs that focus solely on | | | | Speech Pathology Management Jobs: A speech |
| children. The children will either have a difficult time | | | | pathologist can be employed as a manager |
| communicating and will require special | | | | supervisor in a rehabilitation facility that includes |
| communication exercises and treatment, or they | | | | nursing homes as well as facilities dealing with |
| may have special needs requiring special speech | | | | developmentally delayed disabilities. |
| therapy. The most common speech pathology | | | | Most speech pathologists are employed in |
| jobs are in schools. Many schools have full time | | | | pre-schools, elementary, and secondary schools. |
| speech pathologists that help children work on | | | | Other speech pathologists worked in hospitals, |
| their speech skills. There may also be a speech | | | | medical clinics, nursing care homes, private in |
| pathologist that travels to various schools in the | | | | home settings, individual and family orientated |
| district area. Many speech therapists work with | | | | services, outpatient care centers and child day |
| teachers, administrators, special educators, and | | | | care services. |
| parents in effort to help the impaired child. They | | | | Employment of speech pathologists is expected |
| can also work with babies who have feeding and | | | | to grow significantly through to the year 2016. |
| swallowing difficulties. As well, they can work with | | | | The demand for bilingual speech pathologists is |
| children in a private setting such as in their own | | | | also expected to increase, especially therapists |
| home.. Those therapists who are self-employed | | | | who speak Spanish and English. For those who are |
| will usually have a liaison with a medical facility. | | | | interested in acquiring a rewarding and lucrative |
| Adult Speech Pathology Jobs: Some speech | | | | medical vocation that focuses on helping people in |
| pathologists treat adults who have suffered brain | | | | great need, Speech Pathology may be a great |
| trauma, head injury, an illness affecting their | | | | career choice. |
| speech, or a debilitating condition resulting from an | | | | |