Speech-language pathologists work with children and adults who have problems with speech and language, including related cognitive or social communication problems. They may be unable to speak at all, or they may speak with difficulty or have rhythm and fluency problems, such as stuttering.

What populations do SLPs work with?

Provide services on an individual, small-group, or classroom basis to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children, and adolescents. Work on listening, speaking, reading, writing, and learning strategies in general education and special education classrooms.

What do SLPs help with?

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), often called speech therapists, are educated in the study of human communication, its development, and its disorders. SLPs assess speech, language, cognitive-communication, and oral/feeding/swallowing skills. This lets them identify a problem and the best way to treat it.