Speech pathologists have an important role to play in literacy instruciton. Unfortunately, my graduate program never taught me what that role was or what to do about it. So…I have spent at least a decade scoffing at presenters who tell me that I need to take on yet ANOTHER responsibility. Isn’t the SLP’s scope of… Read more
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Literacy and the SLP
At a recent IEP meeting, a parent told me how her daughter loves to play school at home. She practices “reading” books to her stuffed animals and siblings. This student both has poor articulation and reading skills, so I found it touching how much she loves school in spite of her daily challenges. I wanted… Read more