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:
Tools and Resources
Organizational Reference Tool for SLPs (XLS)
This document is an organizational reference tool for SLPs to use when aligning IEP goals to standards. Please read the guide tab for further instructions on how to use this guidance.
- 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
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)
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
