SPEECH-LANGUAGE SERVICES
Speech-language disabilities are addressed through the Wayland Public Schools by Speech-Language Pathologists who are certified by The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Department of Education. They are licensed in Massachusetts to practice speech-language pathology.
Speech and language impairments affect a student's ability to communicate and can contribute to significant learning challenges. The scope of speech-language problems include children with speech difficulties; receptive, expressive and pragmatic language deficits; fluency disorders and hearing impairments that can interfere with academic achievement and success in the classroom.
Kathleen Boschetto
Kathleen_Boschetto@waylandps.org
ENTRANCE CRITERIA—SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS
Eligibility for Program Intervention:
A student must present with one or more of the following based on a formal evaluation or clinical determination:
*A pattern of articulation errors judged to be a disorder (non-developmental in nature) and having an impact on a student’s intelligibility (moderate to severe) and/or spoken communication competence in the learning environment impacting a student’s academic progress.
*An organic condition (e.g. cleftpalate/lip, dyspraxia) interfering with speech and for which there is potential for improvement.
*Less than 80% intelligibility by an unfamiliar listener
*Developmental and/or immature speech patterns causing unintelligible speech
Sound Development Information:
Children should produce the following sounds correctly within the age range indicated:
Ages 3-5 years: ‘m’,‘b’, ‘n’, ‘t’, ‘p’, ‘f’, d’, ‘k’, ‘g’, ‘w’, ‘h’ and vowels
Ages 5-7 years: ‘sh’,‘ch’, ‘j’, ‘l’ and ‘l’ blends
Ages 7-9 years: ‘v’,‘th’, ‘s’, ‘z’, ‘r’, ‘s’ blends and ‘r’ blends