Speech Pathology

Overview

The Master of Speech Pathology from La Trobe University gives you the knowledge and skills to help people realise their communication and swallowing potential. Learn how to observe communication and mealtimes in everyday settings, conduct assessments, interpret clinical data and develop interventions. You'll also gain hands-on experience working with a range of individual clients.

As you learn, you'll take part in clinical workshops, guided demonstration sessions and simulation activities. You'll also work with service providers to help people with communication and swallowing needs participate and feel included in their community.

Graduate ready to help people live their best lives.

You'll learn:

• Speech pathology practice
  • Explore the roles and functions of speech pathologists and how to optimise communication and swallowing in a variety of social and clinical contexts.
• Assessment of communication and swallowing
  • Gain theoretical and practical experience in conducting and interpreting speech pathology assessments.
• Therapeutic intervention and management
  • Discover how to use assessment information, clinical experience and client observation to formulate intervention and management strategies in partnership with others.
• Clinical management
  • Develop your clinical and workplace skills by undertaking placements in a range of community health, school, hospital and private practice settings.

Career outcomes

After graduating, you'll be well placed to pursue speech pathology roles in hospitals, community health centres, private practice, schools, rehabilitation centres and aged-care centres. You could also work in areas such as health promotion, teaching, consulting and communication.