Scope of Practice: Speech Language Pathologist

The following is based on the official Scope of Practice for Speech Language Pathologists in Canada.

Click here for information on DSRF’s speech therapy services.

SLP scope of practice, as defined by the educational and regulatory bodies of the profession, includes:

• Words
• Making sentences
• Using a communication device
• Understanding emotions
• Playing
• Taking turns
• Social skills
• Talking to adults
• Talking to peers
• Learning new words
• Stuttering
• Picture communication
• Autism screening
• Sign language
• Listening with hearing aides
• Listening to speech
• Learning to eat
• Chewing and swallowing
• Meal time anxiety