1920 - The field
of speech pathology began to grow in interest in the early 1920s, as soldiers
with traumatic brain injuries returned from the war.
1926 - By 1926,
the American Academy of Speech Correction was created.
2016 - Almost 100
years later, in 2016, there were 145,100 SLPs employed in the United States.
This is projected to grow to 171,000 by the year 2026.
2018 - The top
three practice settings of SLPs are schools, offices, and hospitals.
https://www.rn.com/clinical-insights/speech-language-pathologists/
SLPs at US schools
https://www.sutori.com/story/the-early-history-of-speech-therapy-in-u-s-schools--4vUCqCAxkXxJ4izrF7zASPLf
History of Speech
Therapy Way Back to 3000 BC
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~duchan/new_history/overview.html
May - We Celebrating
Speech-Language-Hearing Professionals Month!
Visit ASHA for resources
https://www.asha.org/bhsm/
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