A growing number of ASHA-certified SLPs—nearly 14,000 at last count (9 percent, up from 6 percent in 2006)— indicate they have expertise in the area of augmentative and alternative communication (see chart).

Most (77 percent) of the SLPs with AAC expertise work full time and more than half (64 percent) work in educational settings (see bottom chart). School-based SLPs with AAC expertise are most likely to work in elementary schools (20 percent) or multiple schools (19 percent). A small percentage work in special schools and preschools (7 percent each) and secondary schools (5 percent). SLPs in health care settings with AAC expertise are most likely to work in nonresidential health care facilities (14 percent), followed by residential health care facilities (8 percent) and hospitals (7 percent).

As for geographic location, SLPs in the United States with AAC expertise are most likely to live in the South (31 percent), followed by the Northeast (27 percent), Midwest (24 percent) and West (18 percent).

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