The Practice

A speech therapist is defined as the professional who engages in professional practice in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span. 

Communication includes speech production and fluency, language, cognition, voice, resonance, and hearing. 

Swallowing includes all aspects of swallowing, including related feeding behaviours.

The overall objective of speech therapy services is to optimize children's abilities to communicate and to swallow, thereby improving quality of life.