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.  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) District 203 Home page Elmwood Elementary School Updated October 16, 2002 To contact webmaster Back to top