Approximately 42 million Americans have some type of communication disorder
as reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Our mission is to...
- Prepare our students to become competent contributors to the field of Speech Language Pathology by
- developing a foundation of knowledge and repertoire of clinical skills
- demonstrating a positive attitude for learning
- participating in a cooperative relationship with faculty and fellow students
- demonstrating ethical and professional behavior in both academic and clinical environments
- engaging students in scholarly research activities
- Be a resource to the local community by providing
- speech, language, and hearing clinical services including evaluation and treatment of communication difficulties
- continuing education seminars and presentations
- professional consultation
Did You Know?
Speech-Language Pathologists are in short supply!
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the nation will need about 120,000 speech-language pathologists by the year 2012. The demand for speech-language pathologists has grown in part because of improvement in diagnosis of speech and language impairments.