{"id":188715,"date":"2021-02-25T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T13:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/for-teens-getting-access-to-speech-pathology-services-depends-on-where-you-live\/"},"modified":"2021-02-25T16:37:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T13:37:02","slug":"for-teens-getting-access-to-speech-pathology-services-depends-on-where-you-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/for-teens-getting-access-to-speech-pathology-services-depends-on-where-you-live\/","title":{"rendered":"#For teens, getting access to speech pathology services depends on where you live"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#For teens, getting access to speech pathology services depends on where you live<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Tens of thousands<\/a> of Australian teenagers live with a communication disability, meaning they struggle with speaking, listening, reading, writing, and\/or social<\/a> skills.\n <\/p>\n

Communication disability can include<\/p>\n

It can start in early childhood<\/a> and much of Australia’s speech pathology services are geared toward early intervention. <\/p>\n

But communication disability can also be acquired later in life\u2014or can start early but persist into adolescence.<\/p>\n

Demand for speech pathology services across Australia is consistently strong<\/a> but whether or not a teen gets access to speech pathology services may depend largely on where they live.<\/p>\n

Some states better than others<\/b><\/p>\n

Our research, published this week in the International Journal of Speech Language Pathology<\/a>, highlights how unequally speech pathology services are provided in Australian public schools.<\/p>\n

Some states have government-mandated provision, where the education department employs speech pathologists to work in schools or offer some other kind of school-based support.<\/p>\n

We surveyed 96 speech pathologists who work with 12-16 year olds. <\/p>\n

About 45% of the respondents were from states with government-mandated provision of services (Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria). <\/p>\n


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