Gillian Hall waited anxiously by the phone for months, holding her breath for the call she couldn't miss.Many children are waiting up to 18 months to see a pathologistIt was the phone call that would finally bring her son's long wait to see a speech pathologist to an end.
Amid huge demand, children are triaged based on clinical needs — even those requiring urgent intervention wait up to four months. "It showed over 50 per cent of young people in the justice system are being found to have a language impairment," Claire Salter Parry, a speech therapist based in Seymour, Victoria, said.
Dr McGill was a practicing speech pathologist and recently completed a PhD on speech therapy waitlists.
And yet the Graduate Schools for Speech Path are sometimes even more difficult to get into than med school. I applied to 5 and was denied. LOTS of us with Bachelor’s who want to be an SLP just can’t accepted.
shaunziegenfusz This breaks my heart 😞. Children should receive needed services EARLY.
Anyone reading this who is in a bind, consider using AAC with your child! There are some excellent apps out there for free, and you can also try sign language. Your child doesn't have to go without communication just because speech isnt an easy option.
They're not products and don't have to keep up with standards set by sociopathic education and social systems
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