Speech-language pathology is a health profession specializing in preventing, identifying and treating patients with disorders affecting their cognition, language, speech, and/or swallowing.
Speech-Language Pathology is a relatively new field in the middle east.
The Master program in Speech-Language Pathology is designed for students who wish to pursue a career as Speech Language Pathologist with ADEC, HAAD, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Services, Ministry of Health and other institutes concerned with individuals with special needs.
This program will provide job opportunities to a much-needed domain in the region. Shortages in qualified speech therapists are obvious. This program will positively impact the performance of speech communication disorder specialists as well as special education specialists. It will provide them with current knowledge and skills in their areas of expertise. It will admit current communication specialists, special education, linguistics or other specialty graduates and help raise their level of performance to international standards, since it is built on international professional standards (The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association-ASHA).
The goal of the Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology program is to:
Upon completion of the Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology, students should be able to:
This program will provide job opportunities to a needed domain. Shortages in clinicians who are trained to provide clinical services for individuals who have various communication disorders (adults and children) are obvious.
shortage is noted all over the Arab world where academic programs (either MA or BA) are confined to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, and Lebanon (BA programs) and Jordan (BA and MA) programs. It should be noted here that qualified (MA holders) licensed Speech Language Pathologists unemployment rate is close to zero.
