Speech Pathologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Working Across All Levels  SLPs provide appropriate speech-language services in Pre-K, elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools with no school level underserved.Serving a Range of Disorders. As delineated in the ASHA Scope of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology and federal regulations, SLPs work with students exhibiting the full range of communication disorders, including those involving language, articulation, fluency, voice, and swallowing.

Salary: Within a range of  $68,826-$81,619 a year

Education:  A license requires at least a master's degree and supervised clinical experience.

Demand for this profession: There is a high demand for speech pathologists in the U.S.