The Exceptional Student Leadership Unit

Speech or Language Impairment

Definition: a student with a speech or language impairment shall have a communicative disorder which prevents the student from receiving reasonable educational benefit from general education.

Criteria:  The student meets one or more of the following criteria: interference with oral and/or written communication in academic and social interactions in his/her primary language; demonstration of undesirable or inappropriate behavior as a result of limited communication skills; the inability to communicate without the use of assistive, augmentative/alternative communication devices or systems.

Listserv

The Colorado SLP listserv supports hundreds of school-based SLPs: 1) by providing information and news regarding the profession; 2) by announcing professional development and training opportunities; and, 3) by posting school-based job openings.  There are no advertisements from vendors or contract-based companies.  This service is also chat-free.  Join today by contacting  Cindy Millikin or Melissa Chaffin.

Speech/Language Advisory Council (SLAC)

• Regional Representatives (PDF)
  • Regional Map
• Schedule for 2011-2012 Meetings
  • September 19, 2011
  • November 7, 2011
  • January 20, 2012
  • March 2, 2012
  • April 13, 2012
  • Retreat: June 21-22, 2012

SLP Regional Trainings

• Events Schedule (PDF)
• PowerPoint Trainings
  • Colorado Communication Rating Scales

Career Tracks

• Speech/Language Pathologist (SLP)
• Speech/Language Pathologist Prerequisites Program (SLPP)
• Fast Fact:  Speech Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs)
• Distance Learning Programs (PDF)

Speech/Language Pathology Assistant

• Consortium
  • Colorado SLPA Consortium Contacts
    • University of Northern Colorado - Kathy Fahey
    • Colorado University at Boulder - Susan Moore
      • Online SLPA Certificate Program to the Colorado University at Boulder (PDF)
    • Metropolitan State University - Catherine Curran
      • Metro State SLPA Certificate (PDF)
    • For information on application for speech language pathology assistant regular or interim authorization application
  • SLPA Supervision Workshops - Lynea Pearson
• ASHA Position (Coming Soon)

School-Based Conferences

• ASHA Conference
• Metro Speech-Language Network Symposium

Tools and Resources

• Colorado K-12 Speech or Language Impairment Guidelines for Assessment and Eligibility:  K-12 SLI Guidelines - it includes the Birth-21 Communication Rating Scales (PDF)
   
  • RATING SCALES!  (PDF)
    • Articulation/Phonology Rating Scale (PDF)
    • Birth Through Three Communication Rating Scale (PDF)
    • Expressive Language Rating Scale (PDF)
    • Pragmatic Social Language Rating Scale (PDF)
    • Receptive Language Rating Scale (PDF)
    • Stuttering Rating Scale (PDF)
    • Voice Rating Scale (PDF)
       
• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Speech-Language Services (PDF)
• Performance Review System for Speech-Language Pathologists in Colo. Public Schools (PDF)
• Auditory Process Deficits: A Team Approach to Screening, Assessment & Intervention Practices (PDF)

Websites

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Colorado Speech and Hearing Association (CSHA)
• Metro Speech-Language Network
• University of Colorado at Boulder, Speech Language Hearing Sciences
• University of Northern Colorado, Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences
• Metro State College of Denver, Dept. of Communication Arts and Sciences, Speech Communication
• Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
• Learners who are Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse (CLD)
• Response to Intervention (RtI)
• Colorado Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

For more information about services for students who have speech or language impairments in Colorado, please contact:

Dr. Cynthia Millikin, Principal Consultant, Speech-Language
Phone: (303) 866-6619

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