To effectively support students with communication disorders, consider the following best practices:
When you read about a kindergartener with a phonological disorder being teased during show-and-tell, do not ask, "How do we improve the child's intelligibility?" Ask, "How do we teach the other 25 children the moral virtue of waiting? Of leaning in? Of understanding that a distorted sound does not mean a distorted mind?" Schools are temporary environments compared to the home;
A crucial element often depicted in collaborative literature is the inclusion of the family. Schools are temporary environments compared to the home; therefore, skills learned at school must transfer to the home environment to be sustainable. Collaborative scenarios often depict the SLP training parents to use specific language modeling techniques or augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices. Start looking for the scenario where the system gets fixed
If you are an educator, a parent, or a clinician reading case studies online tonight, stop looking for the scenario where the SLP fixes the child. Start looking for the scenario where the system gets fixed. do not ask