Therapy Intervention for Students with Speech/Language Needs

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Therapy Intervention for Students with
Speech/Language Needs

• Betsy Molden, M.S. CCC-SLP

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What does a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) do?

• Screen, evaluate, and diagnose speech, language,
  cognitive-communicative, and swallowing disorders
• Screening an informal observation of the
  individual to see if there is a need for further
  evaluation with no prior parent permission
• Evaluation a formal observation of the
  individual for which the parent must consent
• Treat the above disorders in people from infancy
  to the golden years.

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Speech Disorders

• A speech disorder is characterized when a person
  is unable to produce speech sounds correctly
  and/or fluently or if they have difficulty with
  their voice
• Examples include articulation disorder,
  stuttering, and having a hoarse voice
• Practice good hygiene for your voice so you dont
  have to visit an SLP!!

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Language Disorders

• Expressive Language
• Sharing thoughts, ideas, feelings completely
  (i.e. using a grammatically and syntactically
  correct age-appropriate sentence)
• Social skills
• Receptive Language
• difficulty understanding others, following
  directions

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Language-Based Learning Disability

• Difficulty with age-appropriate reading,
  spelling, and/or writing.
• Examples include but are not limited to
• Expressing ideas clearly
• Learning new vocabulary that the child hears
  and/or sees
• Understanding questions and following directions
  (heard and/or read)
• Recalling numbers in a sequence
• Understanding and retaining the details of a
  storys plot or a classroom lecture
• Reading and comprehending material

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Language-Based Learning Disability

• Examples Continued
• Difficulty with
• Learning words to songs and rhymes
• Telling left from right (a skill required for
  reading and writing)
• Letters and numbers
• Learning the alphabet
• Identifying letter-sound correspondence
• Mixing up the order of letters in words while
  writing
• Mixing up the order of numbers that are part of
  math calculations
• Spelling
• Memorizing the times tables
• Telling time

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What can you do?

• Refer any student who is suspected of showing
  signs of a speech-language disorder or delay to
  the IST-team
• Provide examples of student behavior to support
  your inquiry
• For more information visit www.asha.org
• Information from this presentation was retrieved
  from www.asha.org .