As a speech and language pathologist I provide services in the following areas:
Speaking
Articulation:
- Sound awareness
- Correct production of speech sounds in isolation, moving through words, phrases,sentences, and conversation.
Language:
- use of correct grammatical structures
- verbally expressing one’s thoughts and ideas effectively
- develop conversations skills
- vocabulary concepts
- word retrieval
Fluent speaking
Listening
- following oral directions
- processing/comprehending verbal information
- relating new information to what you know
Reading
- know letters of the alphabet and their corresponding sounds
Phonemic Awareness:
- rhyming
- sequencing and manipulating sounds within words
- word families
- segmenting sentences into words
- segmenting words into syllables
- segmenting syllables into sounds
- blending sounds into words
Comprehension:
- utilize visual imagery
- answer main idea and detail questions
- comprehend story structure
- retell story sequentially
- formulate inferences and predictions
Writing
Sound symbol correspondence:
-using letters to represent sounds
- using taught spelling patterns and rules
Sentence Formulation:
- use of compound and complex sentences
- use of descriptive language
- learn organizational skills
- include story or report elements
Social Skills / Pragmatic Language
- listening to others
- sharing information
- turn taking
- joining an activity
- asking for help
- apologizing
- accepting consequences
- understanding non-verbal cues
- maintaining eye contact