Speech Language Pathologist
Speech Language Pathologist
Proficiency Scale:
1 = No Experience | 2 = Need Training | 3 = Able to perform with supervision | 4 = Able to perform independently
Administrative Duties
| Work Settings | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| Acute care | |
| Children’s hospital | |
| Daily treatment center | |
| Home health care | |
| Inpatient acute rehab | |
| Neonatal intensive care | |
| Outpatient/outpatient community re-entry | |
| Pediatrics | |
| Psychiatric hospital | |
| Private practice | |
| School setting | |
| Early intervention | |
| Skilled nursing facility |
| Patient Populations | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| Geriatrics | |
| Hearing impaired | |
| Learning disabilities | |
| Pediatrics/school age | |
| Progressive neurologic disease | |
| Trachs/ventilators | |
| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) | |
| Traumatic brain injury | |
| Voice/laryngectomy |
| Assessment Tools | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| Boston assessment of severe aphasia | |
| Boston diagnostic aphasia examination | |
| Minnesota test for differential diagnosis of aphasia | |
| Informal testing | |
| Porch index of communicative abilities | |
| Reading comprehension battery for aphasia | |
| Ross information processing assessment-geriatric | |
| Western aphasia battery | |
| Bedside swallow evaluation | |
| Blue dye test | |
| Cervical auscultation | |
| Fiber endoscopic evaluation study | |
| Modified barium swallow study | |
| Rehab Institute of Chicago evaluation of communication | |
| Augmentative devices | |
| Pure tone screening |
| Types of Disorders | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| Aphasia | |
| Apraxia | |
| Autism | |
| Cleft palate | |
| CVA/stroke | |
| Fluency | |
| Dementia/alzheimers | |
| Dysarthria | |
| Dysphagia | |
| Hearing loss | |
| Learning disabilities | |
| Traumatic brain injury |
| Treatment | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| Augmentative devices | |
| Behavior modification | |
| Cognitive training | |
| Community re-entry | |
| Computer | |
| Co-treatment |
| Treatment - cont. | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| Group | |
| Individual | |
| Safety awareness | |
| Total communication | |
| Vital stimulation | |
| Dysphagia across the age-spectrum |
| Regulations | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| FIMS | |
| Medi-Cal | |
| Medicare | |
| Omnibus budget reconciliation | |
| RUG levels |
| General Skills | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| Patient/family teaching | |
| Patients in isolation | |
| Patients in restraints | |
| Initial evaluation | |
| Lift/transfer devices | |
| Specialty beds | |
| End of life care/palliative care | |
| Cerner | |
| EPIC | |
| McKesson | |
| Meditech | |
| Accurate patient identification | |
| Effective communication | |
| Pain assessment & management | |
| Infection control | |
| Universal precautions | |
| Care of patients in isolation | |
| Minimize risk of falls | |
| Prevention of pressure ulcers |
Age-Specific Competencies
| Age Specific Competencies | Rating Stars (Click) |
|---|---|
| Infant (birth to 1 year) | |
| Toddler (ages 1-3 years) | |
| Preschooler (ages 3-5 years) | |
| Childhood (ages 6-12 years) | |
| Adolescents (ages 12-21 years) | |
| Young Adults (ages 21-39 years) | |
| Adults (ages 40-64 years) | |
| Older Adults (ages 65-79 years) | |
| Elderly (ages 80+ years) |