SLPs may work with a child one-on-one, in a group setting, within the classroom, in a special services room, or in a combination of these approaches. SLPs treat students with a variety of medical and educational diagnosis including but not limited to, Autism, Down Syndrome, ADD, Fragile X Syndrome, and specific learning disabilities.
Supports provided by Speech-Language Pathologists include:
- Articulation - how we say sounds and put them together in words
- Language - understanding and use of vocabulary, concepts and grammar
- Social Communication (pragmatics) - knowledge of how to take turns, how close to stand to someone when talking, how to start and stop a conversation, and following the rules of conversation
- Voice - how we sound when we speak (hoarse, harsh, nasal)
- Stuttering (fluency) - how well our speech flows