TRENDS IN SPEECH an‎d LANGUAGE REHABILITATION IN IRAN

This paper is a short review on the Jann and content of speech and language rehabilitation services and the trend of their institutionalization in Iran. A summary of formal education in speech and language therapy in Iran as originated by establishing a 4 year BS rehabilitation program in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences in Tehran in 1974 is given . Since then , speech and language Rehabilitation programs have been expanding both in size and quality , resulting in about 1200 speech therapists p racticing in hospitals and rehabilitation centers throughout the counfly . The expansion- of the first BS program, into 5 different graduate prgranis at MS Level in different universitties and a prospective Ph.D Program starting as of next year are also adding to the quality of these services. A swnma,y of the content of the theory courses and clinical practice courses as well as research on assessment and diagnostic tools of specific ~71eech and language impairments and cross - linguistic studies are briefly described.