CID - SPEECH/LANGUAGE THERAPY
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Speech-language services are provided to all students in the Communication Interaction Disorders (CID) program. The speech-language therapist works with students in their classroom setting in order to provide greater generalization, more opportunities for observations of students throughout their day, and ongoing interaction with staff. The students receive 1:1 speech therapy time and participate in a language group lead by the speech-language therapist.
Language
The term speech refers to verbal speech in the form of words, phrases and sentences, vocalizations in the form of sounds and syllables and speech output via means of an augmentative communication system. Verbal speech also includes one’s articulation skills, volume, fluency and quality of his/her voice production.
The term language refers to both receptive (what the student understands) and expressive (what the student says) language skills. Students work on their receptive language skills through vocabulary identification, sorting and matching of pictures and objects, and auditory comprehension when following directions and answering different types of questions (i.e. yes/no, wh-questions). Students work on their expressive language skills through communication interaction, both verbally and non-verbally. Verbal communicators use words, phrases, and sentences to communicate with peers and staff. They are working to improve their skills to initiate, respond and request information, using grammatical and longer sentence lengths. Non-verbal communicators use picture symbols, communication books, assistive technology, gestures/signs, facial expressions and body language to express and interact with others.
