Senator Hunter offered the following resolution:

            Senate Resolution No. 65.

            A resolution honoring speech-language pathologists in Michigan.

            Whereas, WHEREAS  Speech Language PathologistsSpeech-language pathologists are autonomous professionals charged with identifying, assessing, diagnosing, preventing, and treating speech, voice, language, communications, and swallowing disorders; and

            Whereas,

WHEREAS Speech Language PathologistsSpeech-language pathologists provide professional services in a number of different treatment settings ranging from individual private practice, to schools, to institutions, such as acute- care hospitals and long- term care centers in which they serve as part of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team; and

            Whereas,

WHEREAS Speech Language PathologistsSpeech-language pathologists are highly- educated professionals with knowledge of biology, physical sciences, mathematics, and social/behavioral sciences; and

            Whereas, They

WHEREAS Speech Language Pathologists are skilled in the biological, neurological, acoustic, psychological, developmental, linguistic, and cultural elementsbases of basic human communication; and

            Whereas,

WHEREAS Speech Language Pathologists are highly successful Iin treating vulnerable people with communicative disabilities, including adults and children who cannot speak for themselves, speech-language pathologists are highly successful; and

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WHEREAS Speech Language Pathologistspeech-language pathologists are also skilled at diagnosing and treating swallowing disorders and head and neck cancers; and

            Whereas,

WHEREAS Speech Language PathologistsSpeech-language pathologists also provide important and critical treatment and support for those suffering traumatic brain injuries, a common injury among wounded soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq; and

            Whereas, T

WHEREAS these skilled, dedicated, knowledgeable, and compassionate Speech Language Pathologistsspeech-language pathologists renderprovide immeasurable services to a diverse and appreciative patient population; now, therefore, be it

ResolvedESOLVED by the Senate, That we offer this expression of tribute to honor sSpeech Language Pathologistspeech-language pathologists in Michigan; and be it further

Resolved, TESOLVED that a copyies of this tribute resolution be transmitteddistributed to the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association.