Introduction
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Beth Lepper, Coordinator |
Welcome to SEDOL’s Speech and Language Department Webpage. This webpage has a multitude of resources available to parents and staff. There are several areas that are password protected for only the Speech and Language Staff to access. If you have any suggestions or questions about this site, please email them to: blepper@sedol.k12.il.us
Workshop Highlights
Top 10 Comments from Judy Montgomery's Workshop
Pictures from Ms. Montgomery's Workshop:
District
Claudia's Group
Corner Group
Judy Montgomery
EBS
Lunch Break
Lunch Outside
Outside
Pam, Rita, Hennie
Venn
About the SLP Department
The Speech and Language Department consists of over 40 Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) that work in the SEDOL sector programs LINK, buildings LINK and Early Childhood Assessment Team (ECAT). LINK SLP’s work with children who have communication problems that affect success in:
- Classroom activities
- Social interaction
- Literacy
- Learning
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides speech-language services for school age children with communication disorders that adversely affect children’s educational performance. SLP’s work with children who have a variety of disabilities in the areas of:
- Language
- Articulation
- Voice
- Hearing Impaired and Deaf
- Fluency or stuttering
- Swallowing, also called dysphagia
Language disabilities include:
- Slow development of vocabulary, concepts or grammar
- Inability to use different communication styles for different situations
- Poor building blocks of understanding/expressing ideas, social development, learning, reading, and writing
Poor communication skills may lead to problems with:
- Understanding classroom instruction
- Participating in classroom instruction
- Developing and maintaining relationships
Good Communication Skills lead to successful:
- Speaking
- Thinking
- Reading
- Writing
- Learning
SLP WINS