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If you are concerned about your child's speech and language development here is the process or procedure that you would go through. First of all, in 1997, the Federal Law reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in which schools are mandated to provide a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children with handicaps or developmental delays. This law means that your child is entitled to a free and appropriate education and additional services such as speech therapy if he/she meets the qualifications.
Language difficulties : Concerned with academic progress, or developing language must go through the Student Study Team process before any testing or additional services can be discussed.
Articulation : If you notice that your child is difficult to understand or distorts/substitutes/deletes any sounds in words or conversation then you can let me know and I will determine through a screening whether or not he/she speech is developmental or typical for their age. If a further assessment needs to be completed you must sign consent for an assessment to be completed to determine whether or not your child qualifies for speech. At that time, a meeting must take place to discuss the results from the assessment and determine if speech services would be beneficial at that time.
Fluency : This is also known as stuttering. If you notice your child repeating sounds, syllables, words or word strings, struggles to get words out (blocking) or increase (fast) rate of speech that interferes with intelligibility, then the same process must completed with concerns regarding articulation development.
Voice: If you notice your child's voice to be noticeably hoarse, harsh or unpleasant sounding or have a noticeably nasal quality then complete the same process above.
There is a great place to go for the public in regards to learning information about your child's speech and language development. It is through the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. Below are some links about articles referring to learning two languages, communication and language development and appropriate social pragmatic skills.
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