Speech language pathology
- 2. What? Speech-Language Pathology The study of human communication disorders Stuttering, lisp, enunciation, muteness... Speech-Language Pathologist Specialist in the assessment and treatment of communication disorders, finds different ways to communicate (sign-language)
- 3. Employed in hospitals, schools, rehabilitation centers, government agencies, private practice...
- 4. Many SPLs are specialized in a certain area Child language, learning disabilities, autism, dementia...
- 5. My Role Make child comfortable
- 6. Create good hearing environment in classroom Sounds, games... Checking hearing aids Changing batteries, adding and taking off extensions Using speakers
- 7. Working one-on-one with child so that instructions are clearly understood
- 8. Sign-language and universal signs to help child understand
- 9. Creating lesson plans and activities to help child speak Yelling games, bye...
- 10. Where? Who? Where? Monsignor Gleason school , located in Kitchener
- 11. Kindergarten classroom Who? Mary Stecho (SLP)
- 12. Caroline Campbell (kindergarten teacher)
- 13. Why? Why? Father had a raised pallet, resulted in difficulty speaking
- 14. I inherited a raised pallet from my father
- 15. Went to a SPL
- 16. Always have loved children, knew I wanted to work with them to help them
- 17. Know sign-language, different ways of speaking
- 18. Liked Fulfilling Helping Challenge Children Making a positive difference Satisfaction
- 19. Disliked Age group Kindergarten, felt I couldn't help as much as wanted Prefer gr. 1-5, able to help them more, instead of just teaching
- 20. Employability Skills Fundamental Skills : Think and Solve Problems Assess situations and identify problems Assessed how much help a child needed, identified problems they might encounter, worked around them .
- 21. Employability Skills , Continued Personal Management Skills Be Adaptable Be able to work independently or as part of a team Worked with children in both large and small group settings, worked independently when creating learning plans
- 22. Employability Skills, Again Teamwork Skills Work With Others Recognize and respect people's diversity, individual differences, and perspectives Worked with parents, teachers, speech-language pathologists, staff, other co-op students..
- 23. Demonstration!!! Sign-language Different way to communicate
- 24. Alphabet
- 25. words
- 27. Influenced At Placement: Mary Stecho SLP, kind, worked in this career for 25 years, still loves it Caroline Campbell Confidence in me, loves children, wants them to be helped Yosef Young boy I worked with, ESL, hearing impaired, happy, improved Jamie Harris EA, in my SK class, works with autistic children, kind, loves it, believes that I can help
- 28. In Life: Family Support, believe in me Myself Love children, enjoy challenges
- 30. Helping
- 31. Improving
- 32. Changing lives Change my mind Want to help more in speech-language pathologist instead of in teaching Older children but still in elementary school
- 33. Result Future Career Plans Speech-Language Pathology
- 34. University – Brock in St. Catherine' s
- 36. T H E E N D !!!