Speech Pathologist

Duties and Responsibilities:Driven by educational reform, legal mandates, and evolving professional practices, it is the position of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) that the roles and responsibilities of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) listed below should provide the basis for speech-language services in schools to promote efficient and effective outcomes for students.

Salary:The average salary for therapists jumped from $66,920 in 2010 to$71,550 in 2014, according to the BLS. The best-paid speech-language pathologists earned more than $111,000 in 2014, while the lowest-paid earned less than $44,940. In general, jobs within the health care industry pay better than schools do.

Education:Graduate programs in speech pathology are offered at the master's and doctoral degree level. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a master's degree in speech pathology is the most common degree in this field, and it is the minimum requirement for obtaining professional certification and state licensure (www.bls.gov).

I would not like to be a speech pathologist. It seems pretty hard to do. You are going to have to be and speak proffessional to other people to help them out with how they will start talking or if people have lost how they talk. It seems pretty cool but i would not like to be a speech pathologist.