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Careers

Related Skills

  • Active Listening
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Learning
  • Critical Thinking
  • Writing
  • Time Management

Being Successful in the Field

  • Join the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association while in school.
  • Maintain a high GPA.
  • Build relationships with faculty to enhance career information, contacts, and letters of recommendation.
  • Volunteer in a variety of settings.

Related Fields

  • Speech Language Pathology
  • Audiology

Employers

  • Schools, K-12
  • Universities and colleges
  • Hospitals
  • Physicians' offices
  • Speech, language, and hearing centers
  • Home healthcare offices
  • Nursing homes
  • Residential facilities
  • Health Maintenance Organizations
  • Federal agencies including:
    • Department of Veterans Affairs
    • National Institutes of Health
    • Department of Health and Human Services
    • Department of Education
    • Armed Services
  • Private individual or group practice
  • Health Maintenance Organizations
  • Public health departments
  • Rehabilitation centers

Other Professions

  • Occupational Therapist
  • CaseManager
  • Geriatric Case Worker
  • Health Educator
  • Health Information Technician
  • Hospice Coordinator
  • Human Services Worker
  • Medical Assistant
  • Developmental Therapist
  • Patient Representative
  • Physical Therapist
  • Recreational Therapists
  • Rehabilitation Counselors
  • Health Educators

Career Industry Liaison

Name Office Email Phone
Kristy DeWall  223 Bone Student Center  ksdewal@ilstu.edu  (309) 438-2200