Summer Roy

Summer Roy, MA-CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Speech-Language Pathology:  A Team Approach

Good speaking, listening and thinking skills are critical to a child's academic success. Speech Language Pathologists are a vital part of the total educational team of our schools. They work with administrators, teachers, parents, social workers, behavior analysts, psychologists, occupational and physical therapists, guidance counselors, nurses, and other special education staff on behalf of students with communication impairments. Depending on the nature and severity of the disorder, remediation strategies may consist of direct individual or group therapy services integrated in the regular classroom or vocational setting, or indirect services through monitoring or consultation with the classroom and/or special education teacher. Services are individualized for each student, are based on the student's total educational program, and take into account the range of ability and performance of students within the school setting. Speech language pathologists provide communication services for impairments that adversely affect the student's educational performance in the areas of:

Articulation:  Decreased intelligibility in connected speech as a result of sound substitutions, omissions, additions and/or distortions or inappropriate use of phonological processes.

Language:  Impairments in the comprehension and/or expression of spoken language. This may include one or more of the following components of the language system:  word retrieval, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and/or pragmatics.

Fluency:  Consistent interruptions in the airflow and rhythm of speech.

Voice:  Frequent and consistent deviations in intensity, pitch, resonance / inappropriate for age, gender or ability.

Professional Biography:  I hold a Master of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a concentration in Audiology from the University of New York at Plattsburgh.

I  am certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) in Speech-Language Pathology and hold Maine State certification. 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at summerroy@wocsd.org.

Resources:

http://www.asha.org/public/