Hearing and speech teachers, and physiotherapists

Hearing and language teachers and physiotherapists are professionals who treat individualised and specialised communication problems and physical mobility problems, respectively, of a pupil.


In educational centres we can find hearing and language professionals and physiotherapists.

They are specialists whose task is to provide individualised and appropriate treatment for the needs, physical and linguistic problems that pupils may present throughout their schooling.

The hearing and language teacher is the professional whose function consists of favouring, facilitating and promoting communication; he/she works on all disorders of symbolisation, comprehension, expression, voice, articulation and speech of those pupils who, due to sensory, neurological, evolutionary, physical or environmental causes, have difficulties in acquiring or have lost human communication.

The task of the hearing and speech teacher is carried out in coordination with the tutors, the therapeutic pedagogy teacher (specialised support), the counsellor and the family. Their role focuses on prevention and rehabilitation. Therefore, their work can be carried out directly in the classroom with a group of pupils, or in a specific classroom in a more individualised way, using specific methods and resources.

On the other hand, the physiotherapist is in charge of providing support to students with psychomotor problems, seeking the adequate development of the functions of the locomotion and body movement systems. They intervene when the pupil has lost or is at risk of losing or altering these functions, through the use of specific physical techniques. Their task is not to assess or treat the student’s rehabilitation needs, as this is the role of health professionals.

In short, these professionals have to coordinate with the rest of the teachers to carry out the necessary curricular adaptations.

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CARLOS GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ
CARLOS GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ
30 March, 2023 9:03 pm

These teachers have a very important job, as long as they help students with hearing and language problems to integrate with the rest of the classroom. Thanks to them, we can work in a unitary way with the group and without setteling these students appart from the rest. It is very important that every school in which children with hearing/language study offer them one auxiliar teacher; something that can be providad by the “Conserjería de Educación”

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Every school who needed it, could apply for having one of these specialist working with their students. This is under the control of some programs promoted by public institutions and can be very usefull for those students with several problems.
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Elena Labra
Elena Labra
29 March, 2023 10:31 pm

Useful to learn the work of these specialists.

Is there anything you didn’t know? If so, describe it.
I did not know that there was a physiotherapist specialist at schools.
What information would you add on this topic?
I think is vital that future teachers get to know about this specialists’ work as they both work in coordination with other teachers so it is really likely that in the future, we get to work with them. In order to do so, it is important to understand their functions and methods.
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Patricia Alcón
Patricia Alcón
29 March, 2023 11:42 pm
Reply to  Elena Labra

Hi Elena! I have the same opinion as you. I believe that it is necessary for future teachers to know that this jobs are done at school in order to attend to the students that require this help.

Adam Kracík
Adam Kracík
19 January, 2023 2:58 pm

An absolutely new piece of information! Very spellbinding!

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Neither the speech therapist nor physiotherapist exists in the Czech Republic. As far as I am concerned this subject is absolutely new to me since I would never say such positions might be required in the school system. On the other hand, it seems to me very useful to have such therapists who can help you anytime it is needed.
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