Speech and language skills are essential to academic success and learning. Language is the basis of communication. Reading, writing, gesturing, listening and speaking are all forms of language. Learning takes place through the process of communication. The ability to communicate with peers and adults in the educational setting is essential for a student to succeed in school.
School age children may experience one or more of the following speech and language disorders:
Speech sound disorders – difficulty pronouncing sounds
Language disorders - difficulty understanding what they hear and/or expressing themselves with words
Cognition-communication disorders – difficulty with thinking skills including perception, memory, reasoning, judgment, intellect and imagination
Stuttering (fluency) disorders – interruption of the flow of speech that may include hesitations, repetitions, prolongations of sounds or words
Voice disorders – quality of voice that may include hoarseness, nasality, volume (too loud or soft)
Speech-Language Pathologists work with the educational team to provide comprehensive language and speech assessments for students. Services to students with speech- language disorders may be provided in individual or small group sessions, in classrooms when teaming with teaches or in a consultative model with teachers and parents. Student’s speech-language goals are integrated with academic outcomes and functional performance.
Please try some of the activities listed below. I may be contacted through email, [email protected], or by calling the elementary school at 870-2600 should you have questions or concerns.
Ms. Conlan,
Speech Language Pathologist
School age children may experience one or more of the following speech and language disorders:
Speech sound disorders – difficulty pronouncing sounds
Language disorders - difficulty understanding what they hear and/or expressing themselves with words
Cognition-communication disorders – difficulty with thinking skills including perception, memory, reasoning, judgment, intellect and imagination
Stuttering (fluency) disorders – interruption of the flow of speech that may include hesitations, repetitions, prolongations of sounds or words
Voice disorders – quality of voice that may include hoarseness, nasality, volume (too loud or soft)
Speech-Language Pathologists work with the educational team to provide comprehensive language and speech assessments for students. Services to students with speech- language disorders may be provided in individual or small group sessions, in classrooms when teaming with teaches or in a consultative model with teachers and parents. Student’s speech-language goals are integrated with academic outcomes and functional performance.
Please try some of the activities listed below. I may be contacted through email, [email protected], or by calling the elementary school at 870-2600 should you have questions or concerns.
Ms. Conlan,
Speech Language Pathologist