As the end of the school year approaches, parents, teachers, and therapists are reflecting on the challenges and successes in this once-in-a-lifetime year. Summer is approaching and for many families that means yet another significant transition in their daily lives. The ‘summer slide’ is a decline in the educational and functional skills that students learn during the academic school year. Unfortunately, children with special education services are often especially vulnerable to losing…

A Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) also known as a speech therapist is an expert health professional in treating people with speech, language, and swallowing problems.

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) handle a wide range of communication disorders among children and adults in clinics, schools, and hospitals.

In this article, we will outline a list of disorders that SLPs can work with.

An SLP has many…

The screening, evaluation, and treatment of communication disorders are done by Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), often known as Speech Therapists.

To improve communication, specific speech therapy interventions and strategies are used. The methods that are used will depend on what the underlying communication problem is. Following are some of the most common communication problems:

• Fluency Disorder: The flow,…