Evaluate and Diagnose: Assess patient speech, language, cognitive communication, and swallowing difficulties using specialized tools.

Create Treatment Plans: Design and carry out customized, evidence-based therapy plans tailored to individual functional needs.

Provide Therapy: Teach articulation, sound production, fluency (stuttering), and language expression or comprehension.

Treat Swallowing Issues: Help patients strengthen swallowing and feeding muscles and recommend safe dietary modifications.

Counsel and Educate: Support families and caregivers by explaining diagnoses and demonstrating home-based exercises.

Collaborate: Work alongside doctors, nurses, teachers, and occupational therapists in schools, hospitals, or clinics.

Maintain Records: Document patient evaluations, billing notes, and progress updates accurately

Competências necessárias

Speech and language assessment using specialized toolsClinical diagnosis of speech, language, cognitive-communication disordersDesigning evidence-based treatment plansArticulation and phonological therapyFluency and stuttering interventionLanguage intervention for expression and comprehensionDysphagia assessment and treatment (swallowing disorders)Therapeutic feeding and recommending safe dietary modificationsFamily and caregiver counseling and educationInstruction and development of home-based exercise programsInterdisciplinary collaboration with medical and educational professionalsClinical documentation, progress notes, and billing record maintenance

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