Speech and Language Pathologists asses, plan, and identify instructional programs for students with communication deficits. Services focus to remediate speech and language impairments that interfere with the individual student's ability to derive full benefits from the educational program.
(As outlined by the Virginia Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Student Services)
The focus of school-based speech- language pathologists is the communication abilities of students . The school-based speech-language pathologist’s goal is to remediate, improve, or alleviate student communication and swallowing problems within the educational environment . To meet this goal, school- based speech-language pathologists:
(a) prevent, correct, improve, or alleviate articulation, fluency, voice, language, and swallowing impairments
(b) reduce the functional consequences of the communication and swallowing disabilities by promoting the development, improvement, and use of functional communication skills; and
(c) provide support in the general educational environment to lessen the handicap (the social consequence of the impairment or disability) by facilitating successful participation, socialization, and learning (ASHA, 1999) .
Contact Information:
Lisa Lalanne
Speech Language Pathologist
Phone: 415.457.2705 ext.324
Email Address: llalanne@rossbears.org