Speech therapy is not one thing. There are different types of speech therapy, each of which involves approaches and techniques that are specific to the issue that needs addressing. That could be related to speech itself—e.g., therapy for people who stutter—or it could relate to problems with memory swallowing, and more. A speech-language pathologist (SLP), often just called a speech therapist, will perform assessments to determine which type(s) of speech therapy is right for you.

Emerson’s online Master of Science (MS) in Communication Disorders prepares students to address an array of communicative challenges their clients may face across their life spans.

The Okaloosa County School District received an A+ rating in the statewide school assessment for the 2021-22 school year. OCSD is one of 14 school districts to earn the top rating for the year. The Department of Education released results for English Language Arts Grades 4-10, Mathematics Grades 3-8, Science Grades 5 and 8, and End-of-Course exams in Algebra, Geometry, Biology, US History, and middle school Civics on July 7, 2022.

The Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program, housed in the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, is entering the second semester of its first year, having opened in Fall 2021. The program leverages the Keck School of Medicine’s resources as a premiere medical school in the nation’s second largest city to train a new generation of speech-language pathologists.

Dozens of studies over the past year have shown alarming drops in the percentage of students meeting reading benchmarks at the beginning of the current school year, particularly among grades K–2, where 50% or more of students are already behind on foundational literacy skills. The learning loss in math is similarly significant and persistent, those same studies show.

Educator attitudes towards inclusive education impact its success. Attitudes differ depending on the SEN cohort, and so the current systematic review is the first to focus solely on students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Seven databases searched yielded 13 relevant articles.

The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act now requires the completion of continuing education in the area of ethics. This one hour requirement must be met starting with the 2019 renewal cycle.
In response to this requirement, ISHA has produced a one hour video designed to highlight principles and strategies necessary to make ethical decisions. Presenters apply ASHA Code Of Ethics and a decision making model to navigate four c. Resources and support to facilitate resolving ethical dilemmas is provided.

Speech sound disorders is an umbrella term referring to any difficulty or combination of difficulties with perception, motor production, or phonological representation of speech sounds and speech segments—including phonotactic rules governing permissible speech sound sequences in a language.

A CAA-accredited graduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology or Communicative Sciences and Disorders is your key to professional practice. Not only will it prepare you to sit for the National SLP Praxis Examination and qualify you for state licensure, it will ensure you meet the education requirements for the nationally recognized and highly esteemed Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) through the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), should you choose to pursue the credential.

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