For more than 60 years, the Polyclinic for the Rehabilitation of Listening and Speech SUVAG in Zagreb has been developing and administering diagnostic and rehabilitation methods and procedures primarily for the hearing impairment and speech and language disorders, but at the same time implementing contemporary teaching methods in the field of foreign language learning as well as development of communication skills. The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to each patient/learner is deeply rooted in the concept of the Verbotonal system, the original scientific theory in the field of speech communication of the academician and founder of SUVAG, Petar Guberina, and comprises knowledge of general linguistic theory, audiology and neuropsychological theory of auditory perception. The Verbotonal method, derived from the application of the Verbotonal system, brings together experts from various professional and scientific fields (medical, social, humanistic, artistic, technical) united in a common area of interest: speech communication. "The program for improving rhetorical skills using the Verbotonal method" was based on the interdisciplinary approach, respecting the basic theories of the Verbotonal method, part of which are individual students’ needs. Teaching units are designed in such a way that it enables students with speech and language difficulties to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and expression skills. These units include: the importance of communication in personal and professional development, the history of rhetorics, public speaking skills and argumentation, stage speech, phonetic rhythms and dramatization. Rhetorical skills enable participants to effectively express their thoughts, ideas, creative potentials, and to transfer knowledge and experience gained in various fields of activity to others in the most effective way. Working on rhetorical skills is necessary, not only to achieve the usual given academic achievements, but also to achieve competencies that will make them competitive in the labor market in the future. We believe that the program provides an opportunity to effectively develop rhetorical skills in people who find it more challenging due to speech difficulties than the rest of the population.