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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[@andrealevy218]

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.

[@thetravelingtraveler]

Yes the days go by so fast as an SLP when you are moving around and going from session to session.

[@buzzieb]

All of this.

[@extremerealming4975]

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.

[@thetravelingtraveler]

I like your plan. Work for a few years as an SLPA and see if it's for you or not.

[@christinagurrola5335]

In Texas I predict all Slpa will need that masters in about 5 years…..

[@Iamjessicakouassi]

Could you share those places in Texas?

[@styh06]

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!

[@lizbethrodriguezXO]

Same here! What are you considering now?

[@styh06]

@@lizbethrodriguezXO it depends. If I make retirement in my current career, I’ll go to education. If I decide to split early I’ll be going the SLP route

[@bushrabegum1333]

I have my masters in education and 3 years later I'm in grad school to become an SLP. I personally would recommend getting a masters in Speech Pathology. There's so many accelerated programs out there to become a teacher. You can always come back to the field if you feel like being an SLP is not worth it. I did love teaching, it was just mentally exhausting and becoming an SLP gives me more flexible options.

[@theeducation1008]

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!

[@thetravelingtraveler]

Great topics! I'll quickly answer here employers really don't care about taking time off or only working 3 months. If you have a 60+ day gap on your resume they may ask you put what you were doing on your resume. I've put "traveling for fun" as a gap and again nobody cared, still got jobs.

[@Jewelmathew3600]

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

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