Speech And Language Therapist
Speech And Language Therapist
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Job Description
Speech and language therapists focus on the aetiology, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of communication and swallowing disorders in people of all ages in order to help them maintain, promote, improve, initiate, or recover the ability to communicate both verbally and nonverbally. They address the development of language, speech, vocal and hearing functions, and disorders and disabilities in the cranial, facial, and oral area..
Top 33 specific things you need to know
As a Speech And Language Therapist, you will need to master following:
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- audiology
- audiometry
- behavioural neurology
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- counsel on communication disorders
- counsel patients on improving speech
- diagnose speech disorders
- encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate the psychological impact of speech problems
- facial gymnastics
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- hearing loss
- logopaedics
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- neuropsychology
- organise relapse prevention
- otorhinolaryngologic conditions
- perform therapy sessions
- phoniatrics
- professional documentation in health care
- promote good habits to avoid communication disorders
- promote inclusion
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- treat speech disorders
- treat swallowing disorders
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use techniques to increase patients' motivation
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Top 39 general things you need to know
More generally, a speech and language therapist is also versed in:
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct research on speech-related topics
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- exercise patience
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- linguistics
- lip reading
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- movement techniques
- neurology
- paediatrics
- pathology
- phonetics
- provide health education
- psychiatry
- psychology
- respond to changing situations in health care
- sign language
- special needs education
- speech techniques
- teach communication methods
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent speech and language therapist
It also helps to know the following:
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Speech And Language Therapist (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
Full Time
Urgent
Private
- Keywords :
- Ui designer,
- developer
