SPEECH/LANGUAGE THERAPY
An educational speech/language therapist is responsible for providing therapy services to students (age birth - 21) that demonstrate some type of difficulty successfully communicating within their classrooms.
Examples of communication skills that therapists help students improve may include:
articulation ..... | producing sounds accurately |
stuttering ..... | producing conversation fluently |
language ..... | understanding and using language |
phonology ..... | learning the rules of sound combinations |
language-based learning ..... | using language to learn educational material |
pragmatics ..... | using language for social purposes |
For more information about the profession of speech/language pathology, visit the national organization, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) website. |