6. Educational Speech Pathology: Assessment

A hybrid model of school-based speech-language assessment for the placement and dismissal of at-risk children in special education under IDEA 2004 is two-fold: 1. Assessment of communication adequacy (speech, language, pragmatics) to determine whether a communication disorder exists.  This is a traditional practice suitable for any setting including private practice.  To put it simply, anything [...]

5. Educational Speech Pathology

We have identified a hybrid model of school speech pathology assessment, where clinical and educational criteria are combined for judgments about special education eligibility.  It applies to the emergent population called “struggling children.”  Such children show academic delay but are not placed in special education.  Programs like Response to Intervention grade learning remediation to prevent [...]

4. Educational Speech Pathology

In prior posts, we described a hybrid model of school assessment, derived from both medical and educational criteria.  “Assessment based on the traditional medical model brings forth a rich history of research and best practice. Assessment based on an academic performance brings forth the learning implications. A hybrid assessment model creates a valid framework for [...]

3. Educational Speech Pathology

In 1997, the authorization of IDEA changed school speech-language pathology fundamentally. It set forth the argument that the proper assessment of speech and language impairments should entail components of academic performance: “The 1997 law required that the individualized education program of each child with a disability relate programming for the child to achievement in the [...]

2. Educational Speech Pathology

We can think of educational speech-language pathology starting with IDEA 1997, with special references to “progress in the general curriculum.” ELIGIBILITY We can pinpoint one critical 2007 change concerning the federal regulatory definition of speech and language impairments: “(11) Speech or language impairment means a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, [...]

1. Educational Speech Pathology

Trends in school practice are stretching generic university preservice models in speech-language pathology (speech therapy) to their limits! Steppling, Quattlebaum and Brady have authored an important article (Toward a Discussion of Issues Associated With Speech-Language Pathologists’ Dismissal Practices in Public School Settings) that shows intellectual points where preservice clinical models do not accommodate school decision [...]