Definition: A child with a Speech or Language Impairment shall have a communicative disorder which prevents the child from receiving reasonable educational benefit from general education.
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 Tami Cassel or Janet Zimmerman.
School Based Conferences
Speech/Language Advisory Council (SLAC)
- Mission of SLAC and Regional Representatives (PDF)
- Schedule for 2014-2015 SLAC Meetings
- September 19, 2014
- October 16, 2014
- November 14, 2014 (webinar)
- January 29, 2015
- April 9, 2015
Professional Development
Online Course: SLPA Supervision
Presented by Lynea Pearson, St. Vrain Valley Schools and Kathleen Fahey, University of Northern Colorado
This course is designed as a hybrid online/webinar course to support SLPs who are supervising SLPAs in Colorado. It is a 6-week course alternating between a work at your pace to listen to and read coursework and participate in a webinar to discuss the content with other SLPs taking the course.
SLP Regional Trainings 2014-2015
Locations/Dates: SLP Regional Trainings have been completed for the 2014-15 school year. Please complete the evaluation by January 30, 2015 in order to receive your certificate for contact hours. If you have any questions, please email Janet Zimmerman. Other Information:
Speech/Language Pathology Assistant
- Colorado SLPA Consortium Contacts
- University of Northern Colorado - Kimberly Murza
- Colorado University at Boulder - Susan Moore
- Metropolitan State University - Catherine Curran
- SLPA Supervision Workshops - Lynea Pearson
- Fast Fact: Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) (PDF)
- Practice Guidelines for Supervisors of SLPAs (PDF)
Tools and Resources
- Colorado K-12 Speech or Language Impairment Guidelines for Assessment and Eligibility: K-12 SLI Guidelines (Updated June 2013) - 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)
- Colorado Communication Rating Scales PowerPoint Training
- Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Speech-Language Services (PDF)
- Auditory Process Deficits: A Team Approach to Screening, Assessment & Intervention Practices (PDF)
Career Tracks
- Speech/Language Pathologist (SLP)
- Fast Fact: Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) (PDF)
- Speech/Language Pathologist Prerequisites Program (SLPP)
- Distance Learning Programs (PDF)
- Colorado Educator Licensing
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
- Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS):
- Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
- Learners who are Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse (CLD)
For more information about services for students who have speech or language impairments in Colorado, please contact:
Tami Cassel, Speech-Language
Phone: 303-866-6114
