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​Communication Services for
School-Aged Students

What does it mean to have a Communication Disorder?

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Students who have "Communication" services on their IEP usually have difficulty in one or more of the areas below. Click on specific areas listed for an overview.
  • speech sounds or intelligibility;
  • fluency or stuttering;
  • voice;
  • feeding and swallowing;
  • hearing;
  • receptive/expressive language;
  • reading and writing; or
  • social pragmatic language​​

PRACTICAL RESOURCES ON SPEECH-LANGUAGE TOPICS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND SLPs

Click on a topic to learn more.

Language
Late Bloomer vs. Language Delayed
Facilitating Language Development
Facilitating Language in Younger Kids
Reading Books to Improve Language
Connecting Language to Every Day Activities
Supporting Language Through Cooking
More Games to Develop Language
Speech
Supporting Speech Sounds With Movement
Speech Sound Practice at Home
Is it Really Stuttering?
How Can I Help With Stuttering?
Literacy
Helping Kids to Improve Reading
Reading Books for all Learners
Helping Kids to Improve Writing
Bilingualism
Raising Bilingual Children
Multicultural Topics in Communication
Social Communication
Teaching Perspective Taking in Younger Kids
Social Communication Skills for the Workplace
Other Topics
Trauma-Informed Practice
Making the IEP Meeting Positive
Communication After High School

Free Speech-Language Lesson for March 2022

 Click here for lesson on Self-Awareness and Self-Advocacy as a PDF.

Free Speech-Language Lesson for September 2021
Click here for Listening Activity: Baarack the Sheep as a PDF.
Free Speech-Language Lesson for May 2020
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Click here for a printable version of the calendar you see below.

Free Speech-Language Lesson for April 2020

1. The Present
2. Dustin
3. Heart of a Lio
4. Cuerdas

​To the left are four great short films to show your school-age kids. (Warning: you should preview them because there are some tear jerkers here!)

1. The Present
2. Dustin
3. Heart of a Lio
​4. Cuerdas

After your children watch one of these movies, have them answer WH-questions, retell the story in their own words, or write their own summary​. Focus on sequencing events, story elements, character analysis, perspective taking, speech sounds, or whatever the child could improve.

Here are links to example templates for you to use if you'd like:

WH-Questions

Story Sequencing

Story Map-- Easier Version

Story Map-- Harder Version

Character Analysis--Easier Version

Character Analysis--Harder Version


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If you are an SLP and would love more details or more resources for utilizing animated short videos, check out this website:
​https://www.thespeechexpress.com/blog/animated-short-videos-for-speech-and-language-therapy

About Me

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I have been a speech-language pathologist at Portland Public Schools since 2002. I have worked with kids from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. Before becoming an SLP, I was an English as a Second/Foreign Language teacher and studied Linguistics. I love traveling, meeting people, and trying to learn languages.
​I speak (or used to speak!) Japanese, French, and some Spanish. I have lived all over the place, including Oregon, Hawaii, Japan, China, Togo, and Palau. I have two teenagers. Send help. (lol JK)



Megan T. Stephens
M.S. CCC-SLP; M.A. ESL
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