Promoting resources and activating abilities - Speech therapy as an anchor for social participation. Language is a fundamental instinct of humans and an expression of our personality. It lays the foundation for our role in society. Speech therapy is responsible for prevention, counseling, diagnostics, therapy, and the scientific exploration of human communication and its impairments. The profession is undergoing change - the various contributions of resource-oriented speech therapy explicitly demonstrate the parameters of this transformation: Speech therapy operates autonomously, interprofessionally, and educationally. Speech therapy treats individuals with speech impairments across the entire lifespan, adapting to the current needs of an aging population and its complex health conditions while considering changes in health-related settings.