From orthoptist to speech and language therapist
39 of the 73 essential skills of a speech and language therapist are already essential for a orthoptist — about 53% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from orthoptist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 39
- skills carry over
- 34
- would be new
- 53%
- of the target job covered
- 73
- essential skills of a speech and language therapist
What a speech and language therapist does
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.
What carries over
39 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- neurology
- paediatrics
- pathology
- professional documentation in health care
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- psychology
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- respond to changing situations in health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
34 skillsEssential for a speech and language therapist and not for a orthoptist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- audiology
- audiometry
- behavioural neurology
- conduct research on speech-related topics
- counsel on communication disorders
- counsel patients on improving speech
- diagnose speech disorders
- encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring
- evaluate the psychological impact of speech problems
- exercise patience
- facial gymnastics
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- hearing loss
- linguistics
- lip reading
- logopaedics
- manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- movement techniques
- neuropsychology
- organise relapse prevention
- otorhinolaryngologic conditions
- perform therapy sessions
- phonetics
- phoniatrics
- promote good habits to avoid communication disorders
- psychiatry
- sign language
- special needs education
- speech techniques
- teach communication methods
- treat speech disorders
- treat swallowing disorders
- use techniques to increase patients' motivation
Other moves from orthoptist
2 roles- dietitian37 skills in common
- physiotherapist36 skills in common
← orthoptistspeech and language therapist →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a speech and language therapist?
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