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Title: For Those Considering a Career in Communication Sciences and Disorders


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For Those Considering a Career in Communication
Sciences and Disorders
  • Joanne P. Lasker, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
  • School of Communication Science and Disorders
  • Florida State University
  • jlasker_at_fsu.edu

http//www.asha.org/students/professions/overview/
slp.htm
http//www.commdisorders.cci.fsu.edu/
2
Who are audiologists, speech-language
pathologists, and speech/language/hearing
scientists?
  • professionals in the area of human communication
    sciences and disorders who
  • evaluate
  • treat
  • conduct research
  • work in schools, hospitals, businesses, in
    private practice, universities, research
    laboratories, and government agencies
  • work with infants, children, adolescents, adults
    and older people

3
Audiology
http//www.asha.org/students/professions/overview/
audiology.htm
  • study of
  • typical hearing
  • hearing and balance disorders
  • habilitation/rehabilitation
  • work encompasses
  • how hearing mechanism works
  • hearing assessment
  • treating children and adults with hearing loss
  • retraining hearing in children and adults,
    including cochlear implants

4
What specifically does an audiologist do?
  • identify, assess, and manage disorders of
    auditory, balance, and other neural systems
  • select, fit, and dispense amplification systems
  • hearing aids
  • prevent hearing loss by providing and fitting
    hearing protective devices and education
  • work with individuals with cochlear implants
  • assist with speech reading and aural
    rehabilitation
  • involved in auditory and related research
  • serve as expert witnesses in litigation

5
Market Trends and Future Outlook Audiology
  • Positions expected to grow 10 from 2006-2016.
  • especially for those with the clinical doctorate
    in audiology
  • (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2008-2009 edition)
  • U.S. News and World Report ranks Audiologist as 1
    of 50 Best Careers of 2011.
  • http//www.usnews.com/sections/business/best-caree
    rs/

6
What does an audiologist earn?
  • Salaries depend on educational background,
    experience, work setting, and geographical
    location.
  • In 2010, median salary
  • for clinical service provider was 68,000
  • 79,000 for university faculty
  • 93,000 for administrators
  • employee benefits (e.g., insurance, leave, and
    professional development) are very competitive
  • http//www.asha.org/Careers/SalaryData/

7
Importance of Language
  • language - our most human characteristic
  • the essence of human life (Light, 1997)
  • essential to learning, working, enjoying family
    life and friends
  • multiple ways to express and understand language
  • speaking, sign language, informal gestures,
    writing, computerized communication

8
Who are speech-language pathologists?
  • professionals educated to assess and treat speech
    and language
  • sometimes called speech therapists
  • also assess and treat swallowing disorders
  • because we know the landscape!
  • SLPs work with full range of human communication
    and disorders
  • across the lifespan (infants to elderly)

9
What else do speech-language pathologists do?
  • train future professionals in colleges and
    universities
  • manage agencies, clinics, or private practices
  • engage in research to enhance knowledge about
    human communication
  • develop new methods and assess effectiveness of
    treatment approaches
  • serve as expert witnesses in court

10
An example of SLP competencies the Big 9
  • Articulation
  • Fluency
  • Voice and resonance
  • Language
  • Hearing
  • Swallowing
  • Cognitive aspects of communication
  • Social aspects of communication
  • Alternate communication modalities

11
Speech Tasks
  • Look at elements of speech production
  • Explore the oral cavity. . .
  • Say /puh tuh kuh/.
  • Investigate your vocal range.

12
Language/Cognitive Tasks
  • Name objects.
  • Describe how objects are used.
  • List for your partner the steps you would use in
    washing a car by hand.
  • What are the first five things you did this
    morning?
  • Read a passage and write a written summary of it.

13
Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC)
  • Communicate to your partner (without speaking)
  • Using only gestures explain the things you did
    this a.m.
  • Partners may be able to use written choices to
    support conversation with a person who cannot
    speak.
  • Individuals who cannot speak may use assistive
    technology to assist with accomplishing life
    goals.

14
Assessment to Treatment
  • Once we determine where problems are, we attempt
    to teach strategies and skills
  • Help individuals and families address these
    problems.

15
Future Outlook Speech-Language Pathology
  • Number of positions in speech-language pathology
    expected to climb 11 between 2006 and 2016.
  • (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2008-2009)
  • Excellent job opportunities in next 8 years
    especially if
  • you speak a second language
  • are willing to work with aging population
  • are willing to relocate to geographic areas with
    great need

16
What does a speech-language pathologist earn?
  • Salaries of speech-language pathologists depend
    on educational background, specialty, experience,
    work setting, and geographical location.
  • In 2010, median salary in school setting was
    60,000
  • work in health care facilities 70,000
  • http//www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/Schools10Salarie
    s.pdf

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What is a speech, language, and hearing scientist?
  • conduct research on which clinicians base their
    methods of assessment and intervention
  • develop evidence-based methods
  • explore the biological, physical, and
    physiological processes involved in communication
  • collaborate with related professions (engineers,
    physicians, dentists, psychologists)
  • train future professionals and scientists

18
Cycle 1 Trained vs. Untrained Productions
19
Academic Preparation Audiology
  • graduate degree required AuD or PhD
  • undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences
  • anatomy and physiology, basic science, math,
    auditory processes, balance, normal and abnormal
    communication development
  • auditory assessment and treatment (hearing aids
    and appliances, cochlear implants), aural
    rehabilitation (speech reading, sign), speech
    production
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence
  • graduate degree
  • 375 hours of supervised clinical experience
  • 36-week postgraduate clinical fellowship
  • written exam

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Academic Preparation Speech-Language Pathologist
  • graduate degree required MS or MA (or more)
  • undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences
  • linguistics, phonetics, anatomy and physiology,
    psychology, human development, speech and hearing
    science, normal and abnormal communication
    development
  • speech, language, swallowing disorders -
    assessment and intervention, clinical and
    research experiences
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence
  • graduate degree
  • 375 hours of supervised clinical experience
  • 36-week postgraduate clinical fellowship
  • written exam

21
FSU Program in Communication Sciences and
Disorders
  • http//www.commdisorders.cci.fsu.edu/
  • ranked 18th in graduate programs in communication
    disorders by U.S. News and World Report
  • http//grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/
    grad/slp/search
  • we dont offer graduate work in audiology
  • Bachelor of Science (BS)
  • limited entry to program - 47 credit hours
  • also offer the Master of Science (MS), advance
    masters, and PhD
  • our masters program prepares students for
    professional careers in clinical, research, and
    teaching environments
  • after completion of our masters in SLP, students
    typically get certified and licensed to work
    professionally

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Curriculum Overview
  • Undergraduates
  • designed to be completed in 4 semesters
  • basic building blocks of speech and language
    (anatomy, phonetics, neurological bases)
  • Masters
  • 60 credit program - usually takes 6 semesters,
    including summers - last summer is internship
  • program covers all areas needed for certification
  • some lateral entry students admitted but may
    take longer
  • Doctoral
  • can take 3-4 years depending on mentor
  • competencies in teaching, research, and clinical
    supervision
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