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. Mrs. Schachtschneider, Mrs. Hammar are Beebe's Speech Pathologists

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.

Many parents have questions about the development of speech sounds. Below is a list of the sounds used in spoken English with sample words that include the sound at the beginning, middle and end of the word. The age indicates when 90% of children have mastered the sound.

3 - 4 years

p (pie, apple, top) m (monkey, hammer, mom) h (hop)
n (name, banana, sun) w (we, flowers) b (book, baby, bathtub)
all vowel sounds

4 - 5 years

k (cup, cookie, book) g (gum, wagon, dog) d (dog, ladder, bed)
t (top, potato, hat) ng (hanger, wing) y (yes, thank you)

5 ½ years

f (fun, elephant, knife)

6 ½ years

l (look, balloon, bell)

7 - 8 years

j (jar, angel, orange) v (vase, T.V, glove) sh (shoe, station, wish)
ch (chair, matches, witch) zh (measure, beige) s (sun, pencil, bus)
z (zoo, fuzzy, his) r (rabbit, carrot, car)
th (thumb, toothbrush, teeth, this, feather, bathe)

In addition to the standard speech and language program at Beebe, three District programs are presently housed at our school. These programs are:

the multi-needs program,
the Preschool Speech and Language Class, and
the Preschool Speech and Language Program.
Respectively, Mr. Bahd, Mrs. Lutgen, Mrs. McClain and Mrs. Sullivan are the speech pathologists for these programs.

The Preschool Speech and Language Class is a District program designed for three and four year old children who are identified as having severe speech and language needs. The class is team taught by the speech pathologist and early childhood special education teacher.

The Preschool Speech and Language Program is a District early childhood program provided to service children with speech and language delays, primarily in the area of phonology.

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Revised on: Friday, February 24, 2004