Speech-Language Impairment: Evaluation and Eligibility 2024
Considerations Prior to Evaluation: This recorded webinar will provide information that SLPs should consider and be familiar with prior to students being referred for suspicion of a disability.
Referral and Eligibility for SLI (a training for school staff): This recorded webinar is provided for SLPs to share with school staff in order to better understand appropriate referrals for a suspected Speech-Language Impairment.
IEP writing Part One: This recorded webinar will focus on the aspect of IEP writing for SLPs relative to academic and functional strengths and needs.
SC-LLR - Speech Language Pathology and Audiology - SC-LLR The South Carolina Board of Speech-Language Pathology – The South Carolina Board of Speech-Language Pathology examines and issues licenses to qualified Speech-Language Pathologists and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, investigates, complaints involving therapists and disciplines practitioners when necessary and can assist with examination information, continuing education requirements, licensure applications, renewals, and board information.
ASHA –The American Speech-Language Hearing Association is the national profession organization that both represent the interests and concerns of practitioners and students of speech-language therapy and works to improve the quality of speech-language therapy services. This link leads to the area that is specific to school setting.
SCDE Certification - All SLPs working in public school settings must hold a valid South Carolina educator certificate. This includes SLPs employed directly by school districts and, beginning with the 2020-21 school year, SLPs employed by a third-party provider.
Regulations - No person may practice speech-language pathology or audiology without a license issued in accordance with this chapter. This chapter does not apply to: (1) A speech-language pathologist or audiologist employed by a state or federal agency or a political subdivision of the State before September 1, 2020.
Medicaid - This link will take providers to the Local Education Agency (LEA) provider manual which outlines the requirements necessary for Medicaid eligible service provision.
The Value of an ASHA Certified SLP - This link will provide information about the value and benefits of a CCC’d SLP and what it takes to obtain this level of national certification.
How School-Based Speech Therapy Model Is Different from A Medical Model - This link will provide information about school-based speech therapy services in contract with a medical model of service delivery, most specifically as it relates to following the provisions of IDEA (Individual with Disabilities Education Act).
Text2Read Family Connection of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Education have launched a new program called Text 2 Read for parents of preschoolers. Text 2 Read (T2R) is a free mobile information service. It offers parents ideas for no or low cost language and literacy activities to help foster literacy development and prepare their child for Kindergarten. Parents receive texts once a week at 3:00 each Friday.
Speech Therapy Ideas for Preschoolers This link leads to an article in the ASHA Leader that contains a variety of speech therapy ideas when working with preschoolers.
Academics
Speech Therapy and Literacy This link leads to an SLP blog with resources for a variety of targeted areas in language-based literacy development.
Transition
Speech Therapy and Transition Services This link leads to a blog post on the topic of speech therapy and transition services. For example, services might include career counseling and resume writing skills. If he struggles with social interactions, transition services should include strategies for improving interpersonal communication, particularly in the workplace. In some cases, transition services might include an internship to obtain work skills.
ESL Focus - Language Difference vs. Disorder This link goes to an excellent video that explains the difference between a language difference vs. Disorder when working with students who are not native English speakers.
ESL Focus - Consonant Acquisition Across 27 Different Languages This open access article provides a cross-linguistic review of acquisition of consonant phonemes to inform speech-language pathologists' expectations of children's developmental capacity by (a) identifying characteristics of studies of consonant acquisition, (b) describing general principles of consonant acquisition, and (c) providing case studies for English, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish
Articulation
Articulation - Children's English Consonant Acquisition in the United States This open access article provides information to support speech-language pathologists' clinical decision making and consideration of eligibility for services rely on quality evidence, including information about consonant acquisition (developmental norms). The purpose of this review article is to describe the typical age and pattern of acquisition of English consonants by children in the United States
Vocabulary
Best Practices in Vocabulary Instruction This link will lead to a video by Dr. Suzanne Adlof sponsored by LSHSS (Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools) regarding best practices in vocabulary instruction.
Vocabulary Across Grade Levels This link will lead to a video by Dr. Suzanne Adlof sponsored by LSHSS (Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools) regarding vocabulary instruction across grade levels.
Fluency
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Autism
Autism Speech Therapy Strategies This link leads to resources for SLPs working with students across the age range who have been identified as having characteristics consistent with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Language and Literacy
Language and Literacy: SLP Roles and Responsibilities The connections between spoken and written language are well established in that (a) spoken language provides the foundation for the development of reading and writing; (b) spoken and written language have a reciprocal relationship, such that each builds on the other to result in general language and literacy competence, starting early and continuing through childhood into adulthood; (c) children with spoken language problems frequently have difficulty learning to read and write, and children with reading and writing problems frequently have difficulty with spoken language [3] ; and (d) instruction in spoken language can result in growth in written language, and instruction in written language can result in growth in spoken language. This link leads the ASHA Position Statement on this topic.
CAPD, Language Disorders, Reading Disorders This link leads to a document that provides an overview of the differences among auditory processing disorders, communication disorders, and reading disorders to clarify the need for accommodations for students with communication and processing disorders.
Practice Management
Workload/Caseload Information from ASHA This page focuses on caseload and workload issues specific to the school-based speech-language pathologist (SLP). Many of the topics discussed in this page are also relevant for professionals in a variety of other settings
Eligibility and Dismissal The first step in the dismissal process should occur when the student is first determined to be eligible for services through an IEP. This link provides information to guide IEP teams in decision making.
Response to Intervention RTI should be used for making decisions about general, compensatory, and special education, creating a well-integrated and seamless system of instruction and intervention guided by child outcome data. This link leads to more information on this topic.
Evidence-Based Practices in Schools The SLP’s application of evidence-based practice (EBP) to making assessment and intervention decisions in schools requires the deliberate integration of clinical expertise, substantive theoretical knowledge, child and family preferences, and best available evidence from systematic empirical research. This link provides more information on this topic.
Evidence Maps This link leads to journal articles and other evidence-based resources by topic area.
Tips for Parents This link leads to an article on Reading Rockets where parents can discover the importance of early language, listening, and speaking on literacy development. If you suspect that your child or a student is struggling with speech, language, and/or hearing problems, learn more about testing and assessment, accommodations, and additional professional help. You'll also find tips on reading aloud with children who have speech and language problems or who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Activities The Encourage Speech and Language Development The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association offers these age-appropriate ways that parents can engage their young children to help develop speech and language abilities.