Hired Or Fired: Speech Therapist For A Day
TheSmartLocal・12 minutes read
Xenia shadows experienced speech therapists at Singkang General Hospital, taking on various challenges with real patients to understand the role better and showcasing empathy and creativity in her interactions. She learns the importance of formal qualifications, highlighting the significance of empathy, professionalism, and the rewarding aspects of working in speech therapy.
Insights
- Speech therapists address a wide range of communication and swallowing challenges, including speech, language, fluency, voice, feeding, and swallowing difficulties.
- While empathy and interpersonal skills are crucial in speech therapy, formal qualifications are essential to pursue a career in this field, emphasizing the significance of both soft skills and professional training.
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What tasks do speech therapists perform?
They work on speech, language, voice, and swallowing.
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Summary
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"Xenia's Day as Speech Therapist"
- Xenia is trying out the role of a speech therapist for a day at Singkang General Hospital under the guidance of Melissa, who has been a speech therapist for 20 years.
- Speech therapists work with patients on speech, language, fluency, voice, feeding, and swallowing difficulties.
- Xenia is tasked with three challenges: picture naming tasks, speech drills, and swallowing exercises with real patients.
- Xenia assists a patient with aphasia in a picture naming activity, helping him understand and verbalize objects.
- Xenia guides another patient, Anthony, who has apraxia of speech, through reading exercises to improve his speech.
- Xenia learns about swallowing difficulties from her third mentor, Alexis, and practices fluid thickening and swallowing rehabilitation tasks with a patient named Mr. Chan.
- Xenia shows empathy, patience, and creativity in her interactions with the patients, impressing her mentors.
- Despite her soft skills, Xenia is informed that formal qualifications are required to become a speech therapist.
- The episode highlights the importance of empathy, professionalism, and the rewarding nature of working in speech therapy.
