4/24/2015

Skills that would make you an ideal candidate to be a Speech Pathologist

If you are going to be a Speech Pathologist, some of the traits you have are given. Some can be acquired though.....

• To be a Speech Pathologist, you need to have top notch people skills, because that is all you will be working with.
• If you don't already have decent speech and pronunciation of things, that is something that you should work on. Practice what you preach!
• You have to adapt easily to new techniques and new technologies because it might be harder for your clients to progress if you do not. 
• Choose what area you work in wisely. If you are better with elders, you should probably work with stroke patients or with people that have had trauma.
• Work at the needs of your client. Tweek your teaching styles to your patient's needs.
• Decide what type of environment would suit you best. For some people, a hospital would be best. While for others, a school system might be where they progress the most.
• Have good patience. Work well with others. Some people take longer to learn than others, everyone and every case is different.

Lots of the new techniques and technologies for this career can be found on asha.org-it's updated regularly. You can also come up with your own things if that is what you can teach better with. Here are some apps that children might like if they have speech impediments:

http://www.smartappsforkids.com/2014/05/newly-updated-top-free-apps-for-language-therapy.html

"American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | ASHA." 24 Apr. 2015 <http://www.asha.org/>

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