Speech and Language

Contact Mrs. Nelson (K-5) for more information. Early Childhood contacts are: Mrs. Ertmoed, Mrs. Kuhel and Ms. Surges.

Contact Mrs. Lipman for District Speech/Language information.

The Speech and Language Pathologist is responsible for identifying, evaluating and providing therapy services for children who exhibit communication difficulties. Affected areas may include: 

 -Articulation (speech sounds)
 -Language (vocabulary, sentence structure, social language, grammar, syntax, 
         auditory memory)
 -Voice (vocal abuse and / or nodules)
 -Fluency (disfluency or stuttering) 

Referrals for speech and language assessments may be made to the Speech/ Language Pathologist by either the child's classroom teacher, the parent(s) or guardians. 

Another important responsibility of the Speech /Language Pathologist is to be a resource to both teachers and parents on speech and language issues by providing materials to use within the classroom and at home.