Speech and language therapist
Code 2266.2
Speech and language therapists focus on the aetiology, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of communication and swallowing disorders in people of all ages in order to help them maintain, promote, improve, initiate, or recover the ability to communicate both verbally and nonverbally. They address the development of language, speech, vocal and hearing functions, and disorders and disabilities in the cranial, facial, and oral area.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- human anatomy
- audiology
- audiometry
- professional documentation in health care
- special needs education
- otorhinolaryngologic conditions
- human physiology
- phoniatrics
- phonetics
- facial gymnastics
- hygiene in a health care setting
- hearing loss
- medical informatics
- health care legislation
- sign language
- linguistics
- logopaedics
- neurology
- behavioural neurology
- neuropsychology
- pathology
- paediatrics
- psychology
- psychiatry
- medical terminology
- speech techniques
- movement techniques
Skills and competences
- apply context specific clinical competences
- accept own accountability
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- diagnose speech disorders
- empathise with the healthcare user
- teach communication methods
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- evaluate the psychological impact of speech problems
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- manage healthcare users' data
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- listen actively
- organise relapse prevention
- promote good habits to avoid communication disorders
- promote inclusion
- encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
- conduct research on speech-related topics
- perform therapy sessions
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- interact with healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- treat swallowing disorders
- treat speech disorders
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use techniques to increase patients' motivation
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- respond to changing situations in health care
- apply organisational techniques
- counsel patients on improving speech
- counsel on communication disorders
- educate on the prevention of illness
- exercise patience
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- lip reading
- first aid
- provide health education
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- health care occupation-specific ethics
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences