This free online course explains how speech therapists treat speech-related disorders to help patients speak clearly.

Speech-related problems can cause social and mental health problems and even prevent people from living an everyday life. Early detection of these disorders makes their management a lot easier. This detection and management comes under the professional domain of a speech therapist or a speech-language pathologist (SLP). SLPs work with individuals of all ages to help them overcome their disabilities. This course examines some of the most important areas of speech therapy and speech disorders and identifies the attributes that can help you to identify them.

The course then discusses various speech-related disorders. We lay out their causes and explore the role of speech therapy in resolving them. We also explain how speech therapists work to resolve language, speech and swallowing-related disorders and demonstrate how their therapies and interventions are beneficial for patients, particularly children.

We teach you about different games and activities that you can use to help children with speech disorders. The course then changes direction and explores the role of public speaking in boosting the confidence of such children. We provide different ways to teach these skills, thus instilling confidence in people with speech disorders as they find their voice and learn how to use it in public. This course doesn’t qualify you as an SLP but helps you to understand their profession as you take your first step towards adopting it as a career. Sign up to learn how to help children overcome speech and language disorders.