Welcome to Speech & Language Therapy!
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My name is Keysha Dacasin, M.S., CCC-SLP, the Speech-Language Therapist at PS #3.
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The roles and responsibilities of school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs):
According to The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)'s Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists in Schools (2010), school-based SLPs have assume a range of responsibilities including:
- collaborating with other professionals to meet students' needs
- implementing appropriate services to students
- ensuring educational relevance
- highlighting the importance of language and literacy
ASHA's Roles & Responsibilities of School-based Speech Language Pathologists (2010), states that the practice of speech-language pathology includes "comprehension and expression in oral, written, graphic, and manual modalities; language processing; pre-literacy and language-based literacy skills, including phonological awareness."
For more information on the roles and responsibilities of speech-language pathologists in the school system, please visit http://www.asha.org/SLP/schools/School-Services-Frequently-Asked-Questions/#roles1
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