Speech and Language therapy provides support for so many different things, making it difficult for many people to understand what we do. With school age children, the most popular areas of need for therapy involve speech production, pragmatics, receptive, and expressive language.
After working and speaking with many educators and families, I have compiled a helpful handout that outlines some of the more popular difficulties demonstrated by school age children with speech and/or language impairments.
Disclaimer: Please remind families and colleagues that as therapists we look at patterns and frequency with respect to these behaviors to differentiate from typical development. This is not an evaluation tool.
You can download a pdf copy here.
Enjoy!
Julie Graham says
January 23, 2014 at 9:53 pmThank you! This is so timely with parent teacher conferences coming up.
Sharon Swindell says
January 24, 2014 at 11:26 amThis is great information – thank you so much!
Tracey F says
January 24, 2014 at 12:20 pmI love this! Thanks for sharing!
Erin says
January 24, 2014 at 1:36 pmThank you! This is a great resource to keep on hand for parents/teachers.
MsJocelynSpeech says
January 25, 2014 at 11:53 amThank you for the feedback! I’m glad you find it useful!
Daria O'Brien says
February 19, 2014 at 9:23 amThank you for this–a useful resource for parents!