The Department of Speech-Language Pathology is housed in LaRue Hall.

Undergraduate students have access to graduate students who may offer advice about the major to under classmen.

It's a friendly atmosphere with an open-door policy; someone is almost always there to talk to students. However, it is a good idea to call the department secretary to make an appointment to talk to a faculty member before coming to visit at (570-422-3247)

Students must maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative average and major average. Students are given an education plan upon entering the program; they are assigned an advisor who will assist them throughout their bachelor's degree program.

Is speech-language pathology is the right profession for you? Think about this: Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) assist people with communication disorders improve their quality of life. Graduates of our master's degree program have many employment opportunties.

What do speech-language pathologists do?

• Help individuals with articulation disorders learn how to say speech sounds correctly
• Assist individuals with voice disorders develop proper control of the vocal and respiratory systems for correct voice production
• Assist individuals who stutter increase their fluency
• Help children withlanguage disorders improve language comprehension and production (e.g., grammar, vocabulary, and conversation, and story-telling skills)
• Assist individuals with aphasia improve comprehension of speech and reading and production of spoken and written language
• Assist individuals with severe communication disorders with the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, including speech-generating devices (SGDs)
• Help individuals with speech and language disorders and their communication partners understand the disordersto achieve more effective communication in educational, social, and vocational settings
• Advise individuals and the community on how to prevent speech and language disorders
• Help people with Swallowing disorders
• Help people with cognitive-communication disorders– the impairment of cognitive processes including attention, memory, abstract reasoning, awareness, and executive functions (e.g., self-monitoring, planning and problem solving).
• Auditory processing disorders– the inability to understand spoken language in the absence of a hearing problem.
• Accent modification for individuals without communication disorders.
• (Source: www.asha.org)

Speech-language pathologists provide professional services in:

• Public and private schools
• Hospitals
• Rehabilitation centers
• Short-term and long-term nursing care facilities
• Community clinics
• Colleges and universities
• Private practice
• State and local health departments
• State and federal government agencies
• Home care
• Adult day care centers
• Centers for persons withdevelopmental disabilities
• Research laboratories
• Institutes and private agencies
• (Source: www.asha.org)