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Recommended Teaching Strategies
As with all students who receive special education services, collaboration of a multi-disciplinary team is necessary. Students with speech or language disorders will receive services from many education professionals, including general education teachers, special education teachers, and speech-language pathologists.
Speech-language pathologists provide a variety of professional services aimed at helping people develop effective communication skills. These services may include:
Source Retrieved 4/27/2012
Speech-language pathologists provide a variety of professional services aimed at helping people develop effective communication skills. These services may include:
- Helping children with articulation disorders to learn proper production of speech sounds
- Helping children who stutter to speak more fluently
- Assisting children with voice disorders to improve their voice quality
- Helping individuals with aphasia to relearn speech and language skills
- Assisting individuals who have difficulty swallowing as a result of illness, surgery, stroke, or injury
- Evaluating, selecting, and developing augmentative and alternative communication systems
- Enhancing communication effectiveness
Source Retrieved 4/27/2012