SLP-5131 Prevention, Assessment and Treatment of Communication Disorders in School-Aged Children: Six-21
A comprehensive study of children's phonologic, morphemic, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and emerging literacy impairments with focus on etiologies, characteristics, and associated risk factors. Formal and informal assessment methods, service delivery models (i.e., classroom interactions between the teacher and speech-language pathologist) and intervention strategies in our culturally and linguistically diverse population are presented. The role of the speech-language pathologist in developing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) is discussed.