Graduate student clinician vs speech-language pathologist teacher

Differences between graduate student clinician and speech-language pathologist teacher 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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Speech-language pathologist teacher example responsibilities.

• Treat children with speech, language and pragmatic issues, development of IEP's, and conducting speech/language evaluations.
• Develop individual and/or group activities according to therapy needs and IEP goals in a large, urban, elementary school.
• Provide detailed narrative evaluations and ongoing consultation of individual guidelines for dysphagia intervention and augmentative/alternative communication programs/systems.
• Programme & maintain high and low tech AAC devices independently; train other staff in the proper use.
• Home base therapy for adults following TBI and CVA.
• Provide detailed narrative evaluations and ongoing consultation of individual guidelines for dysphagia intervention and augmentative/alternative communication programs/systems.