The Importance Of Speech Pathology

Amanda Guerrero
Mr. Escobar
English 4
28 May 2014
Speech Pathology
Speech Therapists are expected to work with those with speech impairments, such as a stutter or the inability to correctly pronounce words. They are also expected to give support to the patient and their family members. There are many skills that are required for this job, patience is definitely one of the most important skills needed. You must be patient with your patients because it might take them awhile to recover or even cooperate. Some other skills that might be important for a speech therapist is good social/speaking skills, and the ability to somewhat teach the patients how to speak.
As a Speech Pathologist you will be expected to work fulltime, around 40 hours per week (www.collegegrad.com). These 40 hours will be spent doing a variety of things, such as helping patients, filing paperwork, and keep track of all of the patients records. This job also contains many risks, many of these therapist will develop severe stress. This stress can occur when you are trying to help treat your patients while teaching them to talk, or even with the paperwork that can come with the job. The dress code for this occupation depends on the setting which could be a school, a hospital, or even a private practice, but it is usually something business causal, with sensible shoes, because they are always on their feet (Nelia).
Speech Therapy involves many years of training, you must first complete your four years of college to maintain you Major degree, with this undergraduate-degree you will be certified to work as a Speech Pathologist assistant. If you are looking to become an actual speech pathologist, you must enroll into a three to four year Graduate Program, i...

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...positions (Weiss). They are mainly needed in schools, hospitals, and private practices. There is no specific geographic demand for this occupation, it is just in very high demand at the moment, and for the next couple of years as well. "As the large baby-boom population grows older, there will be more instances of health conditions that cause speech or language impairments, such as strokes and hearing loss” (www.bls.gov). This quote states how the demand for speech/language pathologist is high because more and more people are having to relearn how to talk after suffering from health conditions, such as a heart attacks.
I hope to eventually work my way up having my own pediactric speech therapy practice. I would love to help children tackle they're speech impairments. I have always seen myself helping young ones, and I hope I can make that dream come true.