Speech Pathologist

Duties and Responsibilities:Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.Social communication disorders are also found individuals with other conditions, such as traumatic brain injury.

Salary:The median annual wage for speech-language pathologists is $74,680. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $47,070, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $116,810.

Education:Earn a Master's Degree in Speech and Language Pathology. Every state's speech therapist licensure requirements include a master's degree. A master's degree program in speech pathology introduces students to concepts such as voice articulation, phonology, literacy, and neurological substrates.

Demand for this particular career:

• good with kids
• bilingual
• good with people 
• know sign language 

Reflection: i do not want to become this because i am not really interested.