When four-year-old Tyler started speech therapy, he was completely non-verbal, using simple cues – smiling, pointing – to communicate with his speech-language pathologist. In the course of just a few months, the work between Tyler and his SLP began paying …
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A speech pathology bachelor’s degree provides a solid foundation in speech science, audiology, and language development and is the standard first-step degree for those who go on to earn a master’s or doctoral degree in preparation for a career in …
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One of the most exciting parts of your training to become a speech language pathologist is taking part in internships. No matter how interesting and exciting your classroom experiences are, they don’t hold a candle to the thrill of actually …
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Speech-language pathologist (SLP) and Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)— You might be surprised to learn that these two professions actually have a few things in common, even though the scientific expertise, educational focus, scope of practice are entirely different: They’re both …
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Audiologists help hundreds of thousands of Americans identify and fix hearing problems every year in the United States. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, around 15 percent of American adults report some hearing difficulty. And …
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As you probably know by now, becoming a speech language pathologist requires earning a master’s degree in the subject. That advanced two-year degree, acquired from a program that has been accredited by ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association), is your ticket to …
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All SLPs follow a fairly standardized path into professional practice. They all start by earning a master’s degree from a program accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA), followed by a clinical fellowship, and …
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Somewhere in your town right now, a middle-schooler is struggling to get their words out. It’s not their fault; they can’t control it. For some reason, when they try to pronounce a word with an o-sound at the beginning, they …
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According to the Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey, nearly a quarter of the population of the United States speaks a language other than English at home. Although many are multilingual in English and their native language, others have a …
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