Speech therapy

1. Speech Therapy Benjamin D. Cohen

2. Speech-language pathology courses Anatomy, Physiology, Development of areas of the body involved in speech, language, and swallowing Licensing M aster’s degree from an accredited college Passing score on the national test 300 to 375 hours of supervised clinical experience 9 months of postgraduate professional clinical experience State of Iowa Has 2 Licenses Schools Hospitals and everything else Schooling and Training

3. Schools Available University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls Iowa University of Iowa Iowa City

4. Employment Locations Offices Health Practitioners Hospitals speech-language pathologists nursing care facilities home healthcare services individual and family services outpatient care centers child day care centers Self Employed Contract to provide services to schools…

5. Why This Is 4 Me Like problem solving Like helping others Good computer skills Care about others

6. Internships Available On the job training Therapy research

7. Salary and Benefits Nursing Care Facilities $79,120 Home health care services $77,030 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $68,430 Offices of other Health Practitioners $67,910 Elementary and Secondary Schools $58,140 Some employers may reimburse speech-language pathologists for their required continuing education credits.

8. What They Do Speech therapy includes: training and repetitive exercises use of devices that can make it easier for some people to speak Speech Therapists are usually consulted for conditions such as: birth defect problems like cleft palate or cleft lip stuttering or other problems with speech delayed speech in childhood abnormal childhood languages speech loss or difficulty swallowing resulting from trauma or stroke or after cancer surgery involving the mouth or throat

9. Speech Therapy