Better Hearing and Speech Month

What does a Speech Language Specialist do, anyway?

Did you know that May is Better Hearing & Speech Month?

As your school’s speech-language specialists, communication is our specialty! Hearing, speech and language are all vital components of communication, and play incredibly important roles in both learning and teaching.

But...what does your SLP actually do? SLPs work on many different areas of communication with students. This might include:

Helping students learn to pronounce sounds correctly (such as the /r/ sound or making sure the student says the final sounds in words)
Increasing students’ vocabulary knowledge and usage
Helping students learn what words to use in what order and when to say them
Helping students with minimal speech find ways to communicate (such as by using a computerized device or a picture system)
Helping students that stutter make their speech more fluent
Helping students that have difficulty with comprehension or answering questions
Helping students that struggle with getting their thoughts out in a coherent fashion, whether verbally or in writing
Helping students understand relationships between words and concepts (including such skills as comparing/contrasting, describing, defining, summarizing, etc.)

Here’s to communicating with you all,

Kim Astrologo, Laura Hoffman, & Jennie Adessa

Speech Language Specialists--Wharton Borough Public Schools

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