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The Career Woman: Working as a Speech Pathologist.


Speech pathologists help people having difficulty communicating, not only kids who have difficulty communicating, but they also work with adults who might have speech or language impairments as a result of a stroke, dementia, and other health conditions. Other duties of a Speech Pathologist include:
.Observing and evaluating patients to determine the nature and extent of their disorder
.Helping patients establish goals and advising on treatment options
.Planning and conducting programs to correct speech disorders
.Administering therapy for rehabilitation of patients with communication problems caused by disabilities or hearing loss
.Consulting with teachers, parents or medical practitioners
.Patient follow-ups and referrals where appropriate
.Providing information to families, teachers and employers
 Speech pathologists work in hospitals or other nursing and medical treatment facilities alongside doctors and medical staff to assist patients who have suffered a stroke or other condition that has affected their speech. They can also work in schools to help children who require speech therapy.
Apart from clinical knowledge,a Speech therapist should possess  soft skills such as empathy and patience . They must also enjoy working with people and helping them overcome the challenges of dealing with a speech disorder.
.To become a Speech Therapist a bachelor or master’s degree in speech-language pathology is needed to work as a speech pathologist. Speech language pathologists typically need a master's degree and state license before they can start practicing.
Just like other professions, Speech therapist have their own share of challenges, namely:
Lack of materials
Particularly in public schools or developing countries who do not unddestand their importance, there is an occurence of inadequate provision of Speech Learning materials  needed to service their students. 
     
4. Plan and Implement Therapy for Diverse Groups
Planning and implementing lessons that meet all the individual needs of the children in the group can be tiring for instance, In a group, an SLP could have a child working on fluency (stuttering), one working on social skills, one working on the /r/ sound and another working on inferencing. SLPs are AMAZING at being able to adapt one lesson to meet the needs of varying students.
. Misperceptions about public vs. private
All speech-language pathologists receive the same education and training in college, yet SLPs employed by the public sector often find themselves having to defend their professional judgment simply because they work for the public sector. It is a common misconception that private practice SLPs have better training than those who work in the public schools or other public entities. This is simply not true and this constant comparison can wear things off.
 SLPs can be helped with these challenges:
Many of these issues are simply due to underfunding at both the state and federal levels. Schools and other federal programming are expected to follow the laws that are passed with very little money to do so.
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