This is the fourth article in our series on reducing unnecessary speech referrals. Unnecessary referrals not only require significant time from SLPs, but they also place a financial strain on school districts and disrupt students’ academic schedules. As members of an...
Reducing Unnecessary Speech Referrals Part 4: Getting Quality Information from Parents
This is the fourth article in our series on reducing unnecessary speech referrals. Unnecessary referrals not only require significant time from SLPs, but they also place a financial strain on school districts and disrupt students’ academic schedules. As members of an...
Reducing Unnecessary Speech Referrals Part 3: Helping Teachers Understand Language Differences
Welcome back to our series on reducing those tricky, time-consuming unnecessary speech referrals!...
Introducing SLPs to the Concept of Language Brokering
In a recent coincidence, I found myself in a fascinating conversation with a researcher whose work...
Why Most Information on Language Proficiency Levels Has Been Untrustworthy (Until Now)
Trying to use measures of language proficiency levels to figure out how bilingual a child is can...
Defining the Term Culturally Responsive in Concrete Terms and Actions: 3 Videos – 7 Minutes
Speech language pathologists are being asked to hone their skills in providing culturally...
Veteran SLP Author and Researcher Offering Advice on Working with Interpreters: 9 Minutes – 4 Videos
Henriette W. Langdon, Ed.D., H-CCC-SLP, BCS-CL wrote the book on how SLPs can effectively and...
Finally! A World Language Library for Speech Language Pathologists
For far too long, speech language pathologists have not had the information they need to diagnose...