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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a speech and language pathologist. I spent 15 years in the schools before transitioning to private practice in 2012. I make $90K ish. I truly love my job and cannot recommend it enough!

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Adding to this- I am biased toward SLP but really, all of the allied health fields are excellent choices for someone looking for a great salary, good work life balance, and wanting to work with kids (some offer that opportunity more than others).[/quote]

NP here -- to the SLPs on this thread, your profession can make a real difference in kids' lives!  My DD, now a junior in HS, benefited so much from speech therapy as a preschooler, and loved her SLP so much, that she's now interested in pursuing this field herself.  My question is:  should she expect to have to pursue a master's?  And, if so, can she do that with a psych major, perhaps with some additional coursework after college, or does she have to major in SLP?[/quote]
Yep! You need a master’s to be licensed to practice. The easiest way to go about it would be to major in speech and language pathology (the major is also called communication sciences and disorders or speech, language, and hearing sciences at some schools) but you could also major in psychology, spend a year after college in a “post bac” program taking the prerequisites, and then apply to grad schools. The former would require 2 years of school after undergrrad, the latter 3.[/quote]

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