Educational speech therapist

How much does an Educational speech therapist earn

A Educational speech therapist earns between $1.478 and $6.994 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.952 and a median salary of $2.500 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 203 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Educational speech therapist
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.952	35.425	738	20
1º Quartile	1.478	17.730	369	10
Median Salary	2.500	30.000	625	17
3º Quartile	5.334	64.010	1.334	36
Higher Salary	6.994	83.931	1.749	47

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- professionals of biological sciences, health
- - medical professionals, health
- - - speech pathologists

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Speech Pathologists they work in the areas of health, education and social services, on a liberal basis and/or with an employment relationship or in the provision of outsourced services, individually or in multidisciplinary teams. They work in offices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, clinics, schools, homes, clubs, communities, schools and industries, indoors, during daytime hours.

What does it take to work in the field of Speech Pathologists

For the exercise of the General Speech-Language Pathologist occupation, a higher education course in the area of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is required, with registration in the relevant professional council. For the other occupations of Speech-Language Pathologist, in addition to a higher education course in the field of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, with registration in the relevant professional council, a professional qualification course in the area of more than 400 hours is required.

Functions and activities of Educational speech therapist

Speech Pathologists must:

communicate;

work in prevention, health promotion and quality of life programs;

perform speech therapy;

guiding patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and persons responsible;

evaluate patients and clients;

perform technical-scientific and administrative activities;

guiding patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and guardians;

orienting patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;

advise patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;

perform technical-scientific and administrative activities;

perform speech-language pathology treatment;

apply speech-language pathology procedures;

advise patients, clients, families, caregivers and guardians;

advise patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and guardians;

perform speech-language pathology diagnosis;

guide patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;

applying speech-language pathology procedures;

exercise technical-scientific and administrative activities;

demonstrate personal skills;

guiding patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;

perform speech therapy;

guiding patients, clients, family members, caregivers and responsible persons;

guiding patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and responsible persons;

working in prevention, health promotion and quality of life programs;

Activities

evaluate fluency;

choose therapeutic procedures;

visiting homes, institutions and workplaces;

perform research;

participate in the elaboration of the situational diagnosis;

stimulating adherence and continuity of treatment;

perform pre, peri and postoperative exams/assessments;

develop cognitive skills;

evaluate body posture;

adapting orthoses and prostheses;

implement health promotion programs;

develop methodologies and technological resources;

coordinate teaching, research and extension activities;

training for the use of orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;

work as a team;

appreciate technical-scientific work;

apply procedures in specific environments (icu, ps, etc);

audit programs and services;

demonstrate objectivity;

clarifying doubts;

explain procedures and routines;

discharge;

treat oral, reading and writing language disorders;

demonstrate non-verbal communication skills;

raise diagnostic hypotheses;

transmit security;

demonstrate procedures and techniques;

refer patients and clients to other professionals;

prepare therapeutic material;

treat changes in orofacial functions;

indicate assistive technology;

evaluate auditory system;

demonstrate adaptability;

guiding health habits;

participate in prevention programs and campaigns and promotion;

evaluate the vestibular system;

evaluate speech;

establish eligibility criteria;

issuing certificates;

implement disability prevention programs;

evaluate auditory processing;

treat voice disorders;

applying procedures to improve oral, reading and writing language;

evaluate oral, reading and writing language;

evaluate treatment results;

prescribe orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;

mediate clinical meetings;

plan strategies and therapeutic activities with groups (pregnant women, neonates, elderly, etc.);

train professionals;

clarify treatment prognosis;

choose instruments for evaluation;

inform about risks and limits of treatment/intervention;

demonstrate observation skills;

report;

manage programs and campaigns;

give feedback on the evaluation;

plan strategies and educational activities;

deliver courses and lectures;

discuss cases with other professionals;

evaluate auditory system;

guide ergonomic procedures;

organize technical-scientific events;

request reports, reports, opinions;

planning prevention programs and campaigns and promotion;

elaborate reports;

adapt assistive technology;

establish therapeutic plan;

demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis;

prescribe therapy;

supervise internships;

perform anamnesis;

informing about risks and limits of treatment/intervention;

participate in institutional programs;

clearing doubts;

overcoming adverse situations;

make decisions;

guiding therapeutic procedures;

develop technical-administrative manuals;

request additional tests;

organize publications;

treat fluency alterations;

demonstrate creativity;

establishing eligibility criteria;

apply procedures to improve communicative skills;

supervise professionals;

evaluate the impact of dysfunction on quality of life;

introduce alternative forms of communication;

develop auditory skills;

detect expectations of patients and clients;

apply specific rehabilitation procedures;

coordinate public sector health services and private;

evaluate neuropsychomotor development;

define treatment/action evolution indicators;

evaluate orofacial functions;

rehabilitate vestibular system;

evaluate functionality of orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;

participate in the development of policies and programs of collective health;

issue certificates;

demonstrate organization;

work as a team;

treat swallowing disorders;

demonstrate initiative;

evaluate orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;

orient research;

guiding therapeutic conduct;

evaluate cognitive abilities;

participate in interdisciplinary diagnosis;

analyze the feasibility of procedures with the population -target;

provide consultancy or advice;

work with biosafety;

participate in technical-scientific commissions;

evaluate voice;

establish prognosis;

evaluate functionality of orthotics, prostheses and adaptations;

manage human, material and financial resources;

develop educational and informative material;

evaluate conditions for socio-occupational performance;

demonstrate ability to analyze and synthesize;

disclose work;

orient research;

treat speech disorders;

write articles, chapters and books;

monitor clinical evolution;

perform expertise;

evaluate swallowing;

check the understanding of the orientation;

applying procedures for voice improvement;

analyze exams;

guiding ergonomic procedures;

clarifying treatment prognosis;

establish discharge parameters;

enable auditory system;

plan programs and campaigns for prevention and promotion;

evaluate sociocultural and environmental aspects;

demonstrate dynamism;

participate in the development of pedagogical projects;

perform complementary exams;

apply tests and tests;

characterize target population;

analyze speech-language pathology assessment results;

analyze clinical evaluations of other professionals;

applying procedures to improve facial aesthetics;

detect patient and client expectations;

establish a therapeutic plan;

Sectors that hire Educational speech therapist the most in the job market

activities of associations for the defense of social rights
document preparation and specialized administrative support services
welfare services without accommodation
elementary school
retailer of medical and orthopedic articles
psychology and psychoanalysis activities
child education - day care
professional and management development training
child education - pre-school
higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate

Educational speech therapist - Career description, activities, functions and salary