Terminology: What do all those speech terms mean?

Speech Language-Pathologists (SLPs) can provide treatments in a variety of areas, including the following: articulation/phonology, language, augmentative alternative communication (AAC), feeding, swallowing, voice, fluency, and orofacial myology. SLPs may also specialize in specific disorders (ARFID, Apraxia, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, etc.) or specific ages (infants, birth to three, children and adolescents, adults, geriatric, etc.). We believe that specializing in specific areas helps us to be better therapists and to provide the best treatment for our patients. It’s difficult to know and be good at all the things!