Speech and Language Therapy
Provide Speech and Language Therapy assessment and services that focus on language and literacy, social communication, cognitive communication, feeding and swallowing, stuttering, and voice as needed to provide individuals with exceptional needs access to educational environments and curriculum.
Assessment
Comprehensive speech-language pathology assessment includes these components:
Case history, including medical status, education, socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds and information from teachers and other related service providers
Patient/client/student and family interview
Review of auditory, visual, motor, and cognitive status
Standardized and/or non-standardized measures of specific aspects of speech, spoken and non-spoken language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing function, including observations and analysis of work samples
Identification of potential for effective intervention strategies and compensations
Selection of standardized measures for speech, language, cognitive-communication, and/or swallowing assessment with consideration for documented ecological validity and cultural sensitivity
Follow-up services to monitor communication and swallowing status and ensure appropriate intervention and support for individuals with identified speech, language, cognitive-communication, and/or swallowing disorders
**ASHA's Preferred Practice Patterns for the Professions of Speech-Language Pathology (2004)
For more information on Speech and Language Assessments in the schools refer to: ASHA.org/slp/assessment-and-evaluation-of-speech-language-disorders-in-schools/
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Services
Service delivery is a dynamic process whereby changes are made to:
Setting – the location of treatment (e.g., home, community-based, school, pull-out or within the classroom)
Dosage – the frequency, intensity, and duration of service
frequency (the number of treatment sessions over a set period of time)
intensity (the amount of time spent in each treatment session)
duration (the length of treatment received)
Format – the type of session
one-on-one (i.e., individual)
in a group, or
via consultation with other school staff and/or family/caregiver
Provider – the person administering the treatment (e.g., SLP, support personnel, trained volunteer, caregiver)
** For more information on Speech and Language Therapy Services in the schools refer to:
https://www.asha.org/slp/schools/school-based-service-delivery-in-speech-language-pathology/
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