program description

as a speech and language therapy student at reading, students will benefit directly from university of reading's world-class research into subjects, such as linguistics, language development, language pathology, and bilingualism. other areas of specialism comprise developmental and acquired speech, language and communication disorders, including fluency disorders, aphasia, dementia, autism spectrum disorders, williams syndrome, down syndrome, developmental language disorder and dysphagia, speech sound disorder, stammering and dysphagia.

as part of the programme, students will undertake a clinical placement and spend approximately 600 hours over 2 years in different clinical settings, including schools, hospitals, community clinics, private and voluntary sector. professional speech and language therapists will act as their practice educators.