SPEECH-LANGUAGE SERVICES

Speech-language disabilities are addressed through the Wayland Public Schools by Speech-Language Pathologists who are certified by The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Department of Education. They and are licensed in Massachusetts to practice speech-language pathology.

Speech and language impairments affect a student's ability to communicate and can contribute to significant learning challenges. The scope of speech-language problems include children with speech difficulties; receptive, expressive and pragmatic language deficits; fluency disorders and hearing impairments that can interfere with academic achievement and success in the classroom. 

WAYLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

ENTRANCE CRITERIA—SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS

Eligiblity for Program Intervention:

A student must present with one or more of the following based on a formal evaluation or clinical determination:

*A pattern of articulation errors judged to be a disorder (non-developmental in nature) and having an impact on a student’s intelligibility (moderate to severe) and/or spoken communication competence in the learning environment impacting a student’s academic progress.

*An organic condition (e.g. cleft palate/lip, dyspraxia) interfering with speech and for which there is potential for improvement.

*Less than 80% intelligibility by an unfamiliar listener

*Developmental and/or immature speech patterns causing unintelligible speech

 Sound Development Information:

 Children should produce the following sounds correctly within the age range indicated:

Ages 3-5 years:          ‘m’,‘b’, ‘n’, ‘t’, ‘p’, ‘f’, d’, ‘k’, ‘g’, ‘w’, ‘h’ and vowels

Ages 5-7 years:          ‘sh’,‘ch’,  ‘j’, ‘l’ and ‘l’ blends

Ages 7-9 years:          ‘v’,‘th’, ‘s’, ‘z’, ‘r’, ‘s’ blends and ‘r’ blends