Speech And Language

Pathologist’s Role At
School

Prepared and presented by: Rita Ibrahim (Speech and

Language Therapist B.A.)
Catherine El Haddad (Speech and Language Therapist
B.A.)
Objectives
You will be able to:
 Identify the role of the speech and language
pathologist at school
 Identify the population who needs intervention
 Identify the objectives of the speech and language
intervention
Myth or Reality
Talking in simplified ‘telegrammatic’ speech/ baby
talk helps babies learn to talk
Myth or Reality
Your child’s dummy will give them a speech and/or
language delay
Myth or Reality
It’s normal for boys to talk later than girls
Myth or Reality
Educational TV programs, DVDs and cards will
improve your toddler’s language and communication
development
Myth or Reality
Expose the child to two or more languages in one
context increases the risk of an oral language delay
Myth or Reality
A three years old child administered to KG1 can
have altered and misarticulated sounds in his speech
Myth or Reality
Asking a child who stutters to take a deep breath
before speaking/ talk slowly/ repeat his words help
him overcome his disfluencies
Myth or Reality
Speech and Language Pathologists target only
articulation, speech and stuttering
Plan
 Speech and Language Pathologist: Intervention
Field

 Areas of Intervention

 Speechand Language Pathologist v/s Special

Educators
 WHERE
?

Schools
Private clinic Hospitals

Nursery Other
WHO?
 Learning Difficulties
 ADHD
 Speech and Language Delay
 Dysphasia
 Autism
 Global Delay
 Cognitive Delay
 Epilepsy
 Motor Delay
 ARTICULATION
Communication
ORAL Skills
LANGUAGE

WHAT?
Math and Logical
Skills

STUTTERING

SPEECH WRITTEN
DELAY LANGUAGE
Areas of Intervention
 Communication skills:
 Pre-requisites of oral language
 Pragmatics

 Oral Language:
 Receptive level
 Expressive Level
Areas of Intervention cnt’d…
 Written language:
 Pre-requisites
 Reading
 Reading comprehension
 Spelling writing

 Logical and Mathematical skills

 Speech and Language Pathologist v/s
Special Educator
SLP Special ed.

Strategies for reading and spelling Corrective Program

Oral Language - Articulation Achievement

Pre-requisites for oral language Modifications and adaptations

Pre-requisites for communications Social Skills

Collaboration for common objectives in the IEP

Common Goal: THE CHILD’S PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOL
Thank You 