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) |
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 ˝ years
6 ˝ years
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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