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32109.02 – Communicative disorders assistants and speech-language pathology assistants

Communicative disorders assistants and speech-language pathology assistants assist speech-language pathologists with remedial programs.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Communicative disorders assistant
  • Speech aide
  • Speech therapy assistant

Core competencies

  • Social Perceptiveness to assist patients throughout treatment programs by instructing them on ways to improve communication skills and exercises to practice at home
  • Monitoring to track the progress of clients and assess the effectiveness of treatment programs
  • Speech Recognition to identify nuances in articulation, enunciation and hearing in clients
  • Verbal Ability and Speech Clarity to enable effective communication with clients, clear instruction during therapy and collaborate with speech-language pathologists and other professionals
  • Collaboration to conduct treatment programs under the supervision of speech-language pathologists to rehabilitate patients with communicative disorders
  • Knowledge in Languages to understand language structures, development and variations to assist in accurately assessing and diagnosing speech and language disorders

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Assist speech-language pathologists and audiologists during assessment of patients
  • Carry out treatment programs, document results and develop materials for use with patients, under the supervision of speech-language pathologists or audiologists
  • Document patient rehabilitation progress
  • Check and maintain therapeutic equipment and materials.

Additional information

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Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Licensed practical nurses (32101)
  • Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations (33101)
  • Other assisting occupations in support of health services (33109)
  • Other medical technologists and technicians (32129)
  • Other practitioners of natural healing (32209)
  • Paramedical occupations (32102)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations

Major group

32 – Technical occupations in health

Sub-major group

321 – Technical occupations in health (except practitioners of natural healing)

Minor group

3210 – Technical occupations in therapy and assessment

Unit group

32109 – Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment

Occupational profile

32109.02 – Communicative disorders assistants and speech-language pathology assistants

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