8 Approaches to In-Classroom Services

We all learn about the benefits of providing in-classroom services for children with speech and language delays. My most compelling reasons to provide services in this natural environment include improving generalization of learned skills and modeling strategies for classroom teachers to use when you’re not there. But how exactly do we do that? I found several different approaches to in-classroom—or even co-teaching—treatment that helped me get results with my students. SLP leads a class lesson. Plan a lesson and present to the whole class. Focus on a topic benefiting all students—including the child with communication needs—such as social skills or language strategies. Demonstrate the benefits, and perhaps the teacher will try something similar. SLP co-plans and co-teaches. Plan a lesson with the classroom teacher based on appropriate targets for the students. Again, suggest specific strategies based on students’ IEP goals. Then, the teacher presents the lesson and elaborates as necessary. After the lesson, the class breaks into groups with the SLP placing the students with communication needs in the same group to practice and master the new skills together. SLP leads a learning center/station. When the entire class works at centers or rotates through stations, set up at one of the stations and lead an activity based on your students’ goals. This station also incorporates general education students, allowing your students to practice target skills in a regu...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Tags: Speech-Language Pathology in-classroom service delivery Language Disorders Schools Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs