ABSTRACT

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a policy design and model that could increase the proportion of speech-language rehabilitation and expand participatory services by analyzing community social service investment projects by subject and identifying the proportion of service provision by speech-language rehabilitation. Methods: This study was conducted on 17 local governments conducting community social service investment projects. The services of 17 local governments were classified by target to analyze programs and identify services that included speech-language rehabilitation. Results: In 108 services for children and youth nationwide, 26 services accounted for 24.1% of the total. The service for adults and senior citizens was included in 1 of the 116 services nationwide, accounting for 0.8% of the total. Of the 53 services nationwide for the disabled and mentally disabled, 6 include speech-language rehabilitation, accounting for 11.3% of the total. There are 43 services nationwide for parents, families, husband and wife, and pregnant women, and there are no services that include speech-language rehabilitation. Conclusions: First, when the community service investment project was classified by the subjects, the service area in which the speech-language rehabilitation worker is specified as the providing manpower is concentrated in the child and youth area, and there are few services targeting adults, the elderly, parents, families, couples, and pregnant women. Second, when examining the characteristics of each area to investigate the actual condition of speech-language rehabilitation by content, speech-language rehabilitation workers were concentrated in the psychological and counseling areas, and they rarely provided services in the areas of education, emotion, health, exercise, and leisure.