What are Speech and Language services?
Speech/Language services are offered for students with language, articulation, and processing difficulties. These disabilities are recognized through a referral process. A parent permission is obtained for their child to be tested, classroom observation, health information, and teacher forms are completed. When all information has been gathered, the speech therapist then begins testing to determine if there is an impairment in speech or language, which is then followed by an Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) committee to determine placement, and develop an Individual Education Plan (IEP) to meet the need of the child. This program is available for students pre-school age through the 5th grade.
