A school-based speech-language pathologist (SLP) is a trained professional who evaluates and treats
children who have difficulty with speech and language skills. A school-based speech-language pathologist will target the above mentioned difficulties
when they negatively impact a child's academic abilities.
Children may experience one or more of the following
disorders:
• Speech sound disorders – difficulty pronouncing
sounds
• Language disorders – difficulty understanding what
they hear as well as expressing themselves with words
• Cognitive-communication disorders – difficulty
with thinking skills including perception, memory, awareness, reasoning,
judgment, intellect and imagination
• Stuttering (fluency) disorders – interruption of
the flow of speech that may include hesitations, repetitions, prolongations of
sounds or words
• Voice disorders – quality of voice that may
include hoarseness, nasality, volume (too loud or soft)
** Taken directly from the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association