Speech and language therapy as a career
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- Start Date: 30 Sep 2025End Date: 30 Sep 2025Tue (Daytime): 10:00 - 16:00OnlineFull fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £79.00
- Start Date: 03 Dec 2025End Date: 03 Dec 2025Wed (Daytime): 10:00 - 16:00OnlineFull fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £79.00
- Start Date: 10 Jun 2026End Date: 10 Jun 2026Wed (Daytime): 10:00 - 16:00OnlineFull fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £79.00
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What is the course about?
- Increasing your knowledge of the training to become a speech and language therapist and of the job and career structures once qualified as a speech and language therapist.
- Helping you prepare for the interview.
- Giving you the opportunity to meet speech and language therapy clients.
What will we cover?
The course will cover the following topics:
- Training entry requirements when applying to become a speech and language therapist
- Where and how to apply
- Degree course content online
- Meeting clients & video observation
- Professional & clinical skills
- Working in the NHS
- Conditions of service
- The speech & language therapist's role
- Working with other professionals
- The interview procedure.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Understand the role of speech & language therapist and related issues.
- Have identified the next step to take.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
No previous knowledge is required. To access this course, you will need to follow spoken and written information in English, contribute to discussions and have an interest in the possibility of training to become a speech and language therapist.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
- Presentation by tutor
- Discussion in small groups and large group.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
None.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
You may decide to go on to further study or university.
Vivien has been a part-time tutor for City Lit since 2009. In 2023 she gained the opportunity to be a Co-ordinating Tutor at City Lit. Vivien does not stammer herself but does experience cluttering (as part of her dyslexia). She has had a varied, diverse and creative career so far, the central thread being a personal and passionate pursuit to understand our individual and cultural relationship with fluency. She has found the combination of City Lit’s environment (students attending adult education), City Lit’s approach and the group therapy setting a unique and ideal path for students to progress with their speech and wider life goals. Vivien also trained as a voice teacher (Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, 2005). She has taught voice at East 15 Acting School, Italia Conti, London School of Dramatic Art (LSDA) and she is currently the voice tutor for Buckinghamshire New University’s BA (Hons) Acting Programme. In 2010 Vivien studied writing and directing at RADA (MA Text & Performance) which has supported both her professional and personal creative endeavours considerably.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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