Addressing Stress, Overwhelm, and Burnout in School-Based SLP Practice
The purpose of this page is to provide school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with information on symptoms, effects, and other ways to address burnout before stressors and demands exceed a person's ability to cope.
Publication Date: 2024
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Apraxia of Speech Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with apraxia of speech and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: October 2020
Publisher: KidsHealth
Arizona Department of Education AT Short Term Loan Library
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services works in partnership with Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development Arizona Technology Access Program to make available at no cost, a wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software, and professional development materials to school personnel to improve access to assistive technology.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Case Study: Team of Education Professionals Develop Plan for Nonverbal Student
This case study followed a team of education professionals collaborating across specialties to help a 7½-year-old boy with cerebral palsy improve his communication skills. By bringing in expertise from a local university’s speech and hearing center, the team was able to understand the student’s educational needs and develop an individualized education program (IEP) to address them.
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Case Study: Interprofessional School-based Team Helps Child Access Auditory Information and Improve Literacy
This case study identifies how a school-based SLP and school reading specialist worked closely together to identify and use the same or similar reading materials in their sessions to target a nine year old’s reading fluency and comprehension needs.
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Evidence-Based Class Literacy Instruction for Children with Speech and Language Difficulties
This study investigated the response to class-wide phonological awareness and oral language teaching for 40 children who entered school with speech and language difficulties. The progress of the children with speech and language difficulties was monitored over the first school year and compared with 110 children with language difficulties alone and 95 children with typical development.
Authors: Gail Gillon, Brigid McNeill, Amanda Denston, Amy Scott, and Angus Macfarlane
Publication Date: October/December 2020
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
How Speech-Language Pathologists Work with Kids
This article helps parents understand what speech-language pathologists do. In addition to being professionals who help kids with speech difficulties, they work on challenges like stuttering or trouble pronouncing word sounds and challenges related to language like problems with communication and reading.
Author: Kate Kelly
Publisher: Understood
Language Disorders Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with language disorders and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: March 2021
Publisher: KidsHealth
Related Services: Common Supports for Students with Disabilities
Speech-language pathology services as a related service is to help students who have trouble with communication skills perform important learning and school-related activities. This module includes videos that explain speech language services.
Publisher: IRIS Center, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
Related Services Providers: Important Contributors to the Accommodations Decision-Making Process
This brief suggests strategies for supporting related services providers so that they can participate more confidently as members of Individualized Education Program teams when decisions are made about instructional and assessment accommodations.
Authors: Sheryl Lazarus, Linda Goldstone, Martha Thurlow, and Gail Ghere
Publication Date: December 2021
Publisher: National Center on Educational Outcomes
Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists in Schools
Speech-language pathologists have integral roles in education and are essential members of school faculties. This position paper includes the roles and responsibilities of speech-language pathologists and should provide the basis for speech-language services in schools to promote efficient and effective outcomes for students.
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Scope Of Practice for The Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA)
This document is intended to provide guidance for SLPAs and their SLP supervisors regarding ethical considerations related to the SLPA practice parameters. It addresses how services performed by SLPAs should be utilized and what specific responsibilities are within and outside their roles of clinical practice.
Publication Date: 2022
Publisher: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Speech-Language Services in Arizona’s Schools: Guidelines for Best Practice
This AZ-TAS Document is designed to assist school-based SLPs/SLTs, administrators, teachers, and parents as they explore the role of speech services in the school-based setting and work together to serve students in Arizona.
Publication Date: Revised February 2019
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Speech and Language Disorders Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with speech and language disorders and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: March 2021
Publisher: KidsHealth
Speech Disorders Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with speech disorders and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: March 2021
Publisher: KidsHealth
Why Schools Are Ideal Environments for Speech-Language Pathologists
SLPs make invaluable contributions in shaping the trajectory of students' lives and fostering a world where communication barriers are dismantled and potential knows no bounds. This post explores early intervention opportunities, long-term relationship building, accessible services, and a multidisciplinary team approach.
Publication Date: April 2024
Publisher: Welldom Health