SLP Roles & Responsibilities

Terms

100

How we say sounds and how we put these sounds together to form words

Speech

200

Areas of SLP that involves how well we chew, suck, and swallow food and liquid

Feeding and Swallowing

300

How well we understand and use our words for communication

Language

400

How well we follow rules during conversations

Social Communication

500

The problem in feeding and swallowing

Dysphagia

Practice Setting

100

Most SLPs are in this practice setting. They are either full/part-time, employed, or employer

Private practice

200

SLPs provide rehab & habilitation services for in-patient and out-patients of all ages

Hospital

300

Where SLPs teach, facilitate, and supervise

Academe

400

Where SLPs provide push in and pull out services

School-Based

500

Where SLPs bring their services to the communities with limited access to therapy

Community-Based Rehabilitation

Deliver Models

100

Most common and usually 1 hour long session

One-on-one

200

Provided by practitioners from different professional disciplines

Co-treatment

300

Team approach where professionals have shared goals and joint problem solving

Interdisciplinary

400

Usually seen in school-based setting

Push in and Pull out

500

Complete name of the medical model SLPs use

International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)

Team members

100

One of the most important member in the treatment team

Patient's Family / SO

200

Give 2 Members SLPs work with in the Education Sector

School teacher
SpEd teacher

300

Give 3 members in the Rehab Team

Respiratory Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Physical Therapist

400

Give 2 members in the allied medical team

Psychologist

Nurse

500

Give 5 Medical practitioners that SLPs work with

Physiatrists/rehab doctor, NeuroDevt ped, Devt Ped, Pediatrician, Neurologist, Dentist/orthodontist surgeons, Pulmonologist

Roles & Resp.

100

Differentiate SLPathology and SLPathologist

SLPathology–profession
SLPathologist–professional

200

This hat directly handles patients, but they also supervise, train, and counsel

Clinician

300

This hat engages in independent reading of professional literature and collaborates & consults with peers and other relevant professionals

Self-directed Learner

400

This hat prepares future professionals

Academe and Educator

500

This hat is not usually worn, but they help expand the knowledge base

Researcher