About Speech Therapy...
Speech-language pathologist (SLPs), who are often informally known as speech therapists, are professionals educated in the study of human communication, its development, and its disorders. They hold at least a master’s degree and state certification/licensure in the field, as well as a certificate of clinical competency from the American Speech-Hearing-Association.
By assessing the speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing skills of children and adults, speech-language pathologists can determine what types of communication problems exist and the best way to treat these challenges.
Speech-language pathologists typically treat problems in the areas of articulation; receptive and expressive language; dysfluency; oral-motor, speech, and voice; and swallowing disorders.
Speech-language therapy involves having a speech-language specialist work with a child or adult on a one-to-one or small group basis to overcome difficulties involved with a specific disorder using a variety of research based therapeutic interventions or strategies.