Role of Speech and Language Therapist in a Rehabilitation Team
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Speech and language therapists, also known as speech and language pathologists enable people with communication disorders and swallowing disorders to achieve their maximum potential. They are involved in assessing their clients’ communication and swallowing difficulties, and developing treatment programmes to meet their needs. They work closely with other members of the team, such as nurses, doctors, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, teachers, etc, and work in a variety of settings, including hospitals, primary care health centres and schools.
Speech and language therapists (SLTs) provide life-improving treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties with communication, eating, drinking or swallowing.
☛SLTs assess and treat speech, language and communication problems in people of all ages to help them communicate better. They also assess, treat and develop personalised plans to support people who have eating and swallowing problems.
☛Using specialist skills, SLTs work directly with clients and their carers and provide them with tailored support. They also work closely with teachers and other health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, other allied health professionals and psychologists to develop individual treatment programmes.
Where Speech and Language Therapists Work[edit | edit source]
Speech and language therapists work together with children, adults, families, carers to carry out assessments and plan personalised therapy programmes which meet each individual’s communication and swallowing needs. They work in wide variety of contexts and environments including: community health centres, hospital wards and intensive care units, outpatient departments, children’s centres, mainstream and special schools, assessment units, day centres and nursing homes, clients’ homes and courtrooms, prisons and young offenders’ institutions
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Resources[edit | edit source]
- Cieza A, Causey K, Kamenov K, Hanson SW, Chatterji S, Vos T. Global Estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2020 Dec 1.
