WTSD Speech/Language Services
WTSD Speech/Language Services
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What is a speech/language specialist?
What is a speech/language specialist?
Diagnose, treat, and provide education regarding a variety of communication disorders
Member of CST and 504/RtI team
Collaborate with team members, administration, other related service providers, classroom teachers and parents/guardians
What are speech/language services?
What are speech/language services?
A related service provided to eligible students in the general education and special education populations
Services are offered in various settings and groupings catered to a student’s individual needs
Skilled interventions to improve overall communication skills in the following areas: language, articulation, fluency/rate, and voice
What is speech?
What is speech?
Speech refers to how we say sounds and words
Articulation: how we produce sounds using articulators
Voice: how we produce sounds using our breath and vocal folds
Fluency: the rhythm and rate of our speech
What is language?
What is language?
Language refers to the words we use and how we use them to communicate meaning
Form: how we say It
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Content: what we say
Semantics
Use: why we say It
Pragmatics
Expressive Language: the ability to communicate
Receptive Language: the ability to understand
Why does this matter?
Why does this matter?
The better a student communicates, the better a student learns!!
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