What is Speech and Language Therapy?
Speech and Language services are available to all students in the Fillmore Central School District. Appropriate speech and language skills not only build a good foundation for students to be successful as they begin their journey in education, they also are essential for students to be able to understand and communicate concepts throughout their school career.
The following are some of the areas of speech and language that may be worked on by the speech and language pathologist if your child qualifies for services:
- Receptive Language: understanding vocabulary, concepts words (ex.top/bottom, more/less, same/different, etc), questions
- Expressive Language: speaking, using age appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and word order in sentences, being able to express thoughts and ideas clearly and concisely
- Auditory processing skills: listening, focusing and attending to task, following directions, memory, hearing the differences between sounds
- Articulation: using your oral motor skills to pronounce sounds correctly
- Voice: using appropriate pitch, volume and quality of voice
- Fluency: using appropriate flow and rhythm of speech
- Pragmatic skills: using appropriate social language skills, such as greetings, staying on topic, taking turns in conversation, etc.
Services are based upon the student's speech and language skills and the impact they have on their academic performance. These skills are often measured by standardized assessment and/or the student's observable communication. If you think that your student may be having difficulty in any of the above areas you may contact the school at 567-2250. The speech and language pathologist can explain the procedures which may lead up to meeting with the pathologist and the team of educators currently working with your child to discuss a possible evaluation to determine if your student would qualify for speech and language services in the areas of concern.
