Pros and Cons of being a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)

Speech-Language Pathology is continually ranked as one of the best fields to work in.

Is being a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) all that it is cracked up to be?

You may be wondering: what are the pros and cons of being a Speech-Language Pathologist?

As an SLP who has been practicing for over 14 years, I’m happy to share my insight with you from first-hand experience.

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[extremerealming]

You forgot to mention the path of being an SLPA (speech language pathologist assistant). For that you only need a bachelors. And you said “you can’t just get a bachelors and make 60k” which is true for a full SLP but not true for an SLPA. Where I live in a major Texas city, the lowest pay advertised for an SLPA in a school is 60k while the average is around 70k for private clinics and companies that plug you into different schools. The highest I’ve seen is 85k. Now obviously an SLPA has a lot less responsibilities and expertise than an SLP, but it’s still working in the industry involved in every aspect of speech pathology. This is my goal, because I want to make good money as an SLPA before I decide if grad school is worth it.

[andrealevy]

PROS I had not thought about when I was younger- a desk / corporate job can be soul sucking and SO boring. (YES you get to NOT have to be ON and in peoples faces which is tiring) BUT I hate sitting at a desk and I love moving around and talking to people, doing chart reviews, going from room to room at the facilities ( I also work in medical mostly). LOVE using my brain, and when I had office jobs I spent a TON of time shopping online and BS - ing. no thanks.

[styh]

Thank you so much for this video. I've been going back and forth between a Master's in Education and pursuing my dream to teach, or getting into SLP where I can still work with kiddos but afford to live. This was so informative and your honesty is so appreciated!

[theeducation]

How do you deal with supervisors who expect you to load up on cases? Please discuss the pros of being a traveling SLP more. Also, do employers not care that traveling SLP's change jobs every three months or so? Do they care if you take a month off in between each contract to regroup and rest? Thank you!

[deedee]

Was your pay 1099 or W2? That’s where the money counts! Ty for all this info !

[Jewelmathew]

Maam please say there any vacancies speech language pathology? And am a speech language pathologist.