SPEECH-LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all. 

Speech-Language Pathologists, also called SLPs, are experts in communication.  SLPs treat many types of communication skills within the educational setting. These include:

-Speech sounds: how we say sounds and put sounds together into words. Other words for these problems are articulation or phonological disorders, apraxia of speech, or dysarthria.

-Language: how well we understand what we hear or read and how we use words to tell others what we are thinking.

-Social communication (pragmatics): how well we follow rules, like taking turns, how to talk to different people, or how close to stand to someone when talking.

-Voice: how our voices sound. We may sound hoarse, lose our voices easily, talk too loudly or through our noses, or be unable to make sounds.

-Fluency: also called stuttering, is how well speech flows. Someone who stutters may repeat sounds, like t-t-t-table, use "um" or "uh," or pause a lot when talking. Many young children will go through a time when they stutter, but most outgrow it.

-Cognitive-communication: how well our minds work. Problems may involve memory, problem-solving, organization, and other thinking skills.

--https://www.asha.org