Training as a speech and language therapist

[Wilderflower]

I would love to know anyone who is or was in the possession of speech and language therapy and what your experiences have been. I’m considering doing the postgraduate course which is an intensive 2 years to train as a therapist and would really appreciate anyone who has any experience in this. All experiences are welcome :)

Thank you!

A speech and language therapist helped me lose my stutter. Without her my life would have been far worse. It helped me be more confident and outgoing.

Can you afford to do the 2 years postgrad? Is it a funded course?

I knew poeple who did the post grad course and looked inot it myself. It was (were talking 10 years ago) very intense course according to the person I knew who did it and there aren,t enough posts for the numbers graduating. The 4 year udergraduate course is less intense but obviously it,s still 4 years. Think the undergraduate one is meant to be easier to get onto. It would be good to shadow a thereapist but at this time I doubt that is possible.

I saw SALT's when I was a child and now I am an adult I am a SENCO at a secondary school. We spend a lot of money buying in therapists 2 days per week and it is money well spent! It makes such a difference and really helps our students. Most of our students are Autistic. Others have moderate or severe learning difficulties and the rest tend to have Developmental Language Disorder as their diagnosis.

I'm a SLT. I did the 4 year degree-it was intensive and I don't see how I could have learned the stuff we covered in just 2 years, but then again I only use a tiny fraction of everything I learned in my work.

I am probably too late to this thread and you have applied or even started now, but I am an SLT and did the 2 year postgrad :) I didn't actually find it that bad - obviously it is full on but no more than a full-time job, if you're used to working full-time and treat it the same it's completely manageable!