ASHA SLP Roles & Responsibilities;
Knowledge & Skills
context for change - Answer-what are my roles and responsibilities as a SLP in the prevention,
identification, assessment and interventions of a child struggling w reading and writing difficulties
-reading and writing= basis for lang
-need to prevent kids fr getting behind in lang, even when they've prev been treated
>they get behind bc they need to connect it to something they know; ex. foundational lang skills
-SLPs play a critical and direct role in the dvlpmnt of literacy for kids and adolescents w comm disorders
how do SLP's affect literacy development? - Answer--spoken lang provides the foundation for the dev of
reading and writing
-spoken and written lang have a reciprocal r/ship (bc of formality and grammar)
-children w spoken lang problems frequently have difficulty learning to read and write
-instruction in spoken lang can result in growth in written lang and vice versa
SLPs need to know - Answer--nature of literacy
-normal dev
-disorders of lang and lit
, -clinical tools and methods
-collaboration, leadership, and research principles
prevention of literacy impairments - Answer-the SLPs role in prevention
-test for impaired hearing/vision
-educate parents and teachers
-ID at-risk students
strategies
-joint book reading
-participate in early intervention programs
-environmental print awareness
-conventions/concepts of print
-phonological processing
-alphabetic/letter knowledge
-sense of story
identification of literacy impairments - Answer--help teachers and other pros w early recognition
>educate others on the nature of literacy
-ID at-risk students
-establish plans to monitor at-risk students
-participate and collab in problem solving team meetings
assessments - Answer--no lang test is as broad as it should be
-review all available data from mult sources
Knowledge & Skills
context for change - Answer-what are my roles and responsibilities as a SLP in the prevention,
identification, assessment and interventions of a child struggling w reading and writing difficulties
-reading and writing= basis for lang
-need to prevent kids fr getting behind in lang, even when they've prev been treated
>they get behind bc they need to connect it to something they know; ex. foundational lang skills
-SLPs play a critical and direct role in the dvlpmnt of literacy for kids and adolescents w comm disorders
how do SLP's affect literacy development? - Answer--spoken lang provides the foundation for the dev of
reading and writing
-spoken and written lang have a reciprocal r/ship (bc of formality and grammar)
-children w spoken lang problems frequently have difficulty learning to read and write
-instruction in spoken lang can result in growth in written lang and vice versa
SLPs need to know - Answer--nature of literacy
-normal dev
-disorders of lang and lit
, -clinical tools and methods
-collaboration, leadership, and research principles
prevention of literacy impairments - Answer-the SLPs role in prevention
-test for impaired hearing/vision
-educate parents and teachers
-ID at-risk students
strategies
-joint book reading
-participate in early intervention programs
-environmental print awareness
-conventions/concepts of print
-phonological processing
-alphabetic/letter knowledge
-sense of story
identification of literacy impairments - Answer--help teachers and other pros w early recognition
>educate others on the nature of literacy
-ID at-risk students
-establish plans to monitor at-risk students
-participate and collab in problem solving team meetings
assessments - Answer--no lang test is as broad as it should be
-review all available data from mult sources
