These Perspectives (SIG 16) addresses important issues for the speech-language
pathologist (SLP) in working in the school setting, including assessing
bilingual students, grammar interventions for school-aged students, the comfort
level of SLPs when working with students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder, and the impact of professional development on literacy knowledge and
practice.
Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:
- describe six common language errors
that are caused by second-language influence
- describe a visual support strategy
for systematic and explicit instruction of grammar
- identify ways to increase the
comfort level of SLPs who work with students with the speech and language
deficits
- describe the results of
participating in a PD course on literacy knowledge and practice
