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Guilford Public Schools
Speech & Language Services
The Guilford Public Schools Speech and Language Department believes that every child should have the opportunity to reach his/her potential in communication skills. The ability to communicate effectively is one of the most basic of human skills, and speech and language development should play a fundamental role in the education of every child.
Good Communication Skills Lead to Successful:
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Guilford Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) are specially trained professionals who have earned:
School-based SLPs work with children who have a variety of needs:
Language
Language is comprehension and use of spoken, written and/or other symbol systems. It involves (1) the form of language (phonology, morphology, and syntax), (2) the content of language (semantics), and (3) the function of language in communication (pragmatics) in any combination.
Communication Development Kindergarten-5th Grade
Social Communication Skills
The act of observing/acquiring social information and learning how to verbally and non-verbally interact with others.
Fluency/Stuttering
Fluency means the smoothness or flow with which sounds, syllables, words and phrases are joined together when speaking.
Articulation/Phonology
How speech sounds are made.
Motor Speech
The coordination of muscle movements for the production and sequencing of sounds.
Hearing
How hearing relates to speech and language use.
Voice
Use of the vocal cords and breathing to produce sound.
Swallowing