Book III: Medical auxiliaries, nursing auxiliaries, childcare auxiliaries, ambulance drivers and dental assistants

Speech therapy consists of 1° Preventing, assessing and treating, as early as possible, by means of re-education activities constituting treatment, voice, articulation and speech disorders, as well as disorders associated with the understanding of oral and written language and its expression; 2° To provide training in other forms of non-verbal communication to complement or supplement these functions.

As part of the medical prescription, the speech and language therapist draws up an assessment which includes the speech and language therapy diagnosis, the objectives and the treatment plan. The report on this assessment is sent to the prescribing doctor, together with any information in the speech and language therapist’s possession and any advice that may be useful to the doctor in establishing the medical diagnosis, in clarifying the technical…

Speech and language therapists are authorised to perform the following acts: 1° In the field of abnormalities of oral or written expression : a) Re-education of language functions in young children with motor, sensory or mental disabilities ; b) Re-education of articulation, speech or oral language disorders, dysphasia, stammering, whatever their origin; c) Re-education of phonation disorders linked to palatal division or velo-pharyngeal incompetence; d) Rehabilitation of written language disorders,…

Speech and language therapy is accompanied by appropriate advice for the patient’s immediate environment. Speech and language therapists may propose, organise or participate in prevention, health education or screening activities. They may take part in initial and continuing training for speech and language therapists and possibly other professionals, in the fight against illiteracy or in research in the field of speech and language therapy.