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Speech-language pathology is a field of expertise practiced by a clinician known as a speech-language pathologist or a speech therapist.
A Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) evaluates the child or young person to find out if they have speech (pronunciation or stammering), language (understanding, sentence formation and grammar), communication (social interaction) or eating, swallowing and drinking difficulties.
Speech and Language Therapists work with children and young people who have:
Speech and language therapy provide treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties with communication, or with eating, drinking and swallowing.
SLTs assess and treat speech, language and communication problems in people of all ages to help them communicate better. They also assess, treat and develop personalized plans to support people who have eating and swallowing problems.
Using specialist skills, SLTs work directly with clients and their caregivers and provide them with structured support. They also work closely with teachers and other health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, other allied health professionals and psychologists to develop individual treatment programs.
Speech and Language Therapists use their specialist skills to assess, diagnose and develop care plans for intervention for the children and young people. In Integrated Therapy Service they work closely with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists when children have needs beyond their communication or feeding skills.
