A Speech-Language Pathologist is a licensed healthcare provider that prevents, screens, evaluates, diagnoses, treats, trains, consults, and researches people who are at risk for or have a speech, language, communication, cognitive-communication, social, eating, swallowing, or other related disability/disorder.  SLP's have specialized education, training, and experience and have completed the following academic requirements:

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• Earned a graduate degree from a university accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation

• The completion of 2 supervised clinical fellowships

• A passing score on the National Speech-Language Pathology Board Examination (Praxis)

• Maintain licensure by completing continuing education and training requirements yearly.  

• Many SLP's also hold a rehabilitative teaching credential.