title: Treatment program planning by speech therapists in Taiwan.
abstract: Speech-language pathology is a rapidly growing profession in Taiwan. To assess its autonomy and maturity, a survey on the treatment program with the help of a 14-item questionnaire was conducted among 90 speech therapists from health care settings. Questions about the planning of the treatment program, its components, and the employed therapeutic methods were addressed in the study. The survey findings helped clarify the current role of speech therapists in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Disorders, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. t1849@nKnucc.nknu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Chin-Hsing
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Yi-Chang
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wen
mesh_terms: D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013624:Taiwan