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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 and 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.

 

WAYLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

ENTRANCE CRITERIA—SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS

  • 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. cleft palate/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

  •  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