Graduate student clinician vs language pathologist

Differences between graduate student clinician and language pathologist duties and responsibilities

Graduate student clinician example responsibilities.

• Provide evaluation and treatment of communication disorders including autism, language disorders, and phonology disorders for preschool-age children through adult.
• Participate in development and execution of treatment activities targeting expressive/receptive language, articulation, fluency, and AAC.
• Complete bedside swallow evaluations, dysphagia management, and speech-language assessment and treatment for individuals within the inpatient acute care department.
• Learned to use ArcMap (GIS software) on site and utilize as primary tool for analysis.
• Work with patients that have tracheostomy tubes, ventilators, alternative means for communication, traumatic brain injuries, and strokes.
• Participate and present information to parents and professionals at various IEP meetings.
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Language pathologist example responsibilities.

• Manage all relate paperwork including lesson planning for SLP-assistants and Medicaid reimbursement.
• Provide evaluation and remediation of various forms of communication disorders for preschool and school-age population in an outpatient rehabilitation clinic.
• Assess appropriate AAC device for student use, and program device for each student's specific needs.
• Apply behavior analysis and discrete trial training are used to train the children on the AAC devices.
• Evaluate and treat adults with cognitive dysfunction, swallowing disorders, apraxia and aphasia in long term care.
• Review all daily notes submit by SLP assistants and provide feedback for written documentation and feedback for direct therapy services.
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