{"id":10853,"date":"2026-07-01T18:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/?p=10853"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:55:13","slug":"nau-program-trains-speech-pathologists-while-filling-phoenix-workforce-gaps-azfamily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/news\/nau-program-trains-speech-pathologists-while-filling-phoenix-workforce-gaps-azfamily\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU program trains speech pathologists while filling Phoenix workforce gaps | AZFamily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5120\" height=\"3414\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/07\/2837_slh_clinic_20230324.jpg\" alt=\"A speech-language pathologist smiles while holding an anatomical model of the throat and vocal tract, pointing to its structures as they explain them to a patient during a consultation in a clinical office. The patient sits across the desk wearing a headset microphone, listening attentively.\" class=\"wp-image-10854\" style=\"width:499px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/07\/2837_slh_clinic_20230324.jpg 5120w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/07\/2837_slh_clinic_20230324-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/07\/2837_slh_clinic_20230324-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/07\/2837_slh_clinic_20230324-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/07\/2837_slh_clinic_20230324-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/316\/2026\/07\/2837_slh_clinic_20230324-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5120px) 100vw, 5120px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AZFamily recently highlighted Northern Arizona University\u2019s Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, showcasing how it is helping address Arizona\u2019s growing shortage of certified speech-language pathologists. The news segment featured the program\u2019s flexible summer-only format, which allows speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) to continue working during the school year while returning to Flagstaff each summer to complete their graduate degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coverage also featured faculty and students who shared how the program supports working professionals while preparing the next generation of speech-language pathologists to serve schools, healthcare settings, and communities across Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the full article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/06\/17\/nau-program-trains-speech-pathologists-while-filling-valley-workforce-gaps\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/06\/17\/nau-program-trains-speech-pathologists-while-filling-valley-workforce-gaps\/\">AZFamily<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AZFamily recently highlighted Northern Arizona University\u2019s Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, showcasing how it is helping address Arizona\u2019s growing shortage of certified speech-language pathologists. The news segment featured the program\u2019s flexible summer-only format, which allows speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) to continue working during the school year while returning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2917,"featured_media":10854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-of-health-and-human-services","category-communication-sciences-disorders"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10855,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10853\/revisions\/10855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-health-human-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}