A Guide to School Services in Speech-Language Pathology

A Guide to School Services in Speech-Language Pathology, Fifth Edition serves as a must read for school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs), college instructors, and students-in-training.The text begins by providing a brief history of school-based SLP services.The foundations of school services are highlighted, including the legal mandates set forth in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA); Every Student Succeeds Act, Americans with Disabilities Act; and landmark court cases that have influenced school services - such as the 2023 Midthun-Hensen & Hensen v.GHC court ruling regarding evidence-based practices.Pedagogical features include related vocabulary at the beginning of each chapter to promote equity in comprehension, end of chapter summaries with guiding questions to reinforce important information, facilitate class discussions, and enhance understanding, concrete, real-life success stories from public school SLPs, and links to useful strategies, materials, and resources. This comprehensive textbook addresses issues paramount to school-based SLPs:Options to expand and diversify service delivery modelsStep-by-step instructions to implement a workload analysisExamples of IEP goals that support flexible scheduling and workload solutionsTables that describe evidence-based practices and provide links to the supportive researchTemplate for writing IEP goals that align with IDEA mandatesMethods for assessing multilingual language learners including dynamic, authentic, and criterion-referenced toolsGuidance for implementing proactive behavior management, conflict resolution, professional collaboration, conferencing and counseling and cultural competenciesEvidence bases that link language, literacy, and the achievement of school standardsNew to the Fifth Edition:New content regarding COVID-19 impacts and the expansion of telepracticeCurrent references throughout that reflect state-of-the-art researchUpdated evidence-based content for practices in the areas of:articulation and phonologylanguage and literacyvoice, feeding, and swallowingaugmentative and alternative communicationsocial and cognitive aspects of communicationhearing habilitationgeneral clinical strategiesModernized use of pronouns and terms that reflect our diverse societyScenarios that promote reflection of neurodiverse practicesDigital resources including contemporary apps and video modelingPluralPlus Online Ancillary MaterialsFor Instructors: PowerPoint slides and test bankFor Students: Downloadable forms, checklists, and user-friendly tools