Speech-Pathology

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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Hello all,

I'm posting an inquiry into the employment options available for speech-pathology in Switzerland. I'm going into graduate school next year and I want to have a good idea of what is required or more accurately whether such positions exist for foreign nationals. I'm working on my French and hope to eventually be fluent with the intent of working in a French speaking European country such as Belgium, Swiss or Luxembourg. Thanks for your time

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Hi! Check logopaedie.ch for informations in German about speech therapy in Switzerland. My gut feeling is that it is an ambitious goal to become speech therapist in a foreign language.

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Sorry if I was misleading. I would like to be an English speaking speech-therapist. There are such opportunities for US Army civilian positions in countries such as Belgium. Also, there are also travel speech-therapy positions overseas as well. I'm just looking to connect-the-dots with maybe a company name or any other further information.

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I don't want to raise your hopes but on a Mums ex-pat group I am a member of in Switzerland there are often posts asking for recommendations for a native English speaking speach therapist. Is this the same as a pathologist?

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Yes, exactly the same. However, I am not qualified as of yet. Again, I'm checking resources to find out 1) if its a feasible endeavor 2)maybe even make some connections for the future through references etc...

Thanks for the response.

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Hi,

I'm an english speaking therapist working in zurich at the moment. I found a position at the International School in Zurich as a speech therapist, and I also teach english and provide some therapy consultation at a bilingual preschool.

I was lucky that they had an opening at the international school when I was looking, and now there are two therapists working there. I've also had quite a few queries from families wanting private therapy, but I havent had the time as I'm working 100%. There's such a big international community in zurich, I think there is the opportunity to work here as a Speech Therapist in English.

I started off by sending my resume to all the international schools in Switzerland, you can find them on various websites, but here are a few:

http://switzerland.english-schools.org/index.htm

http://www.sgischools.com/findschool.php

In Geneva, there is an organisation called ASK, http://www.allspecialkids.org/ a support group for families with special needs children, and they have contact with a lot of speech therapists in the french speaking area.

The biggest obstacle for me, was not that there wasn't enough work, but rather applying for and getting a visa accepted, as Im not an EU citizen and most schools in Zurich generally do not employ therapists, rather they work privately on the school premises, but it is definitely not impossible, and you just have to talk to the school about offering a contract.

Good luck!

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HI!

I am from Belgium

Do keep in mind that only the south part of Belgium speaks french.

Further up we speak Flemish, but do learn French and other languages as well.

But it is really nice of doing something like that, I mean if you are good at it and you have the opportunity!

You could always mail me in french

I would like to do something with languages as well, pref. an interpreter, that would be nice !

Anyway good luck!

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Hello all,

Thanks for your feedback everyone. As I'm working my way through school for speech-pathology in the U.S. I've found myself more attracted to accent-reduction.

Would anyone think it feasible to presume the UN, NATO and the EU might have a need for accent-reduction? In addition, does anyone know if there is a need for accent-reduction in Europe? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

If I could describe the perfect opportunity, I would be working for a major Swiss watch company. Have I lost touch with reality? Is there a way to find or even create a niche market for accent reduction for Swiss or European businesses? Thanks for the feedback-

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The company that I work for uses outside resources for accent reduction classes to faclitate communications between non-native English speakers and the US. I suspect that this is quite common.