There are only a few professional liability programs available for the profession of speech pathology or speech – language pathologists. A speech pathologist is someone who helps those with stuttering or those who have an inability to speak or understand words. This type of professionals may be found in rehabilitation centers, speech development centers, counseling centers and some schools systems. If you are working for a center as a speech pathologist you should have speech pathology professional liability insurance provided for you by your employer.

There are many training programs for someone who is looking to become a self employed speech pathologist. For these professionals, they will either have a private office where they will offer their services or some choose to work out of their homes, where their clients will meet with them. It is crucial for these professional to have professional liability insurance for speech pathology. Some speech pathologist don’t work with clients face to face at all, they instead offer self teaching tapes or cd’s. These tapes or cd’s may be sold at stores or online. These professionals must also be aware that they need to purchase speech pathology professional liability insurance before they start to distribute these tapes.