Speech Language Pathology services are provided to students that exhibit articulation, phonological, language, voice and / or fluency disorders.
What is an Articulation Disorder?
Articulation is the way words are said/sounds are pronounced. Types of mis-articulation include: omissions, substitutions and distortions.
What is a Language Disorder?
Language is the content and structure of our communication. A language disorder is the impairment of comprehension and/or production of an oral communication system. It might involve vocabulary, sentence form (grammar) and/or the function of language (social language or pragmatics).
What is a Voice disorder?
A voice disorder is an abnormal production of pitch, intensity, resonance (e.g., nasality) and quality.
What is a Fluency Disorder?
A fluency disorder is a disruption in the normal rhythmic flow of speech that interferes with communication.
What do I do if I suspect a speech-language problem with my child?
In New Hanover County Schools, the Speech-Language Pathologists help students whose speech and/or language disorders interfere with their ability to function successfully in a school environment. We serve children from ages 3-21.If you suspect that your child is having difficulties with their speech or language skills, contact their teacher or the Speech-Language Pathologist at the school.
· By Four to Five Years your child:
- Understands words like first, next, and last.
- Understands words for time, like yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
- Follows longer directions, like "Put your pajamas on, brush your teeth, and then pick out a book."
- Follows classroom directions, like "Draw a circle on your paper around something you eat."
- Hears and understands most of what is said at home and in school.
- Says all speech sounds in words. May make mistakes on sounds that are harder to say, like l, s, r, v, z, ch, sh, th.
- Responds to "What did you say?"
- Talks without repeating sounds or words most of the time.
- Names letters and numbers.
- Uses sentences that have more than 1 action word, like jump, play, and get
- Tells a short story.
- Keeps a conversation going.
- Non-parent can understand everything the child says