Methods & Materials Test 2

What is the certification you have to have as an SLP in the public schools in Alabama?

-class A teaching certificate

-ASHA certificate

-state teaching certificate

What does a class A teaching certificate consist of?

CCC-SLP

What do you need in order to get your C's?

-masters or doctoral degree in CSD

-pass praxis II

-complete CFY

Is ABESPA required to work in the school system as an SLP in Alabama?

no, but any work outside of the school system this is needed

Are certification and licensure the same thing?

no

Who can supervise an SLP in the Alabama Public School Systems?

-an SLP who has a class A teaching certificate (CCC-SLP)

-the special ed supervisor who has a teaching certificate in special ed

Does it have to be an SLP supervising an SLP-A in the Alabama Public School System?

no

How do you become an SLP-A?

the school hires you and then they initiate the paperwork; speak to the school certification officer

How many levels of an SLP-A are there?

2

Both levels of an SLP-A look at your:

-degree

-coursework

-experience

For SLP-A Level 1 and 2 you have to complete _______________

citizenship paperwork

Is an SLP-A Level 1 certificate renewable?

no

How long is a Level 1 SLP-A certificate valid for?

3 years

SLP-A Level 1:

-verify that you've earned a bachelor's degree in CSD

-2.5 GPA

The state of Alabama is trying to implement

perspective teacher testing program (basic skills test)

*may or may not be required, depends*

Is an SLP-A level 2 certificate renewable?

yes

How long is a level 2 SLP-A certificate valid for?

5 years; you can keep renewing it

SLP-A Level 2:

-you've already have held the previous certificate

-verify that you've earn 12 hours of graduate credit (ASHA Master's Degree Program or Special Ed)

-2 years or 18 months employment in public schools as an SLP-A when holding the Level-1 certificate

What is tenure?

-it's a property right (civil rights are ALWAYS protected)

-protects against arbitrary dismissal (cannot be terminated w/o "just cause")

-due process is guaranteed (press specific charges)

*Alabama is a right to work state*

Why is tenure so important?

Gives people a _______ and ____________ can be a very political environment

voice, education

How long before you can earn tenure?

3 consecutive years (Alabama)

Do all states have tenure?

no (look at Georgia and Florida)

Step-Raise

-after 3 years when you reach tenure

-a bump in salary

Pros and Cons of Tenure:

Pros:

-due process

-protects good teachers

Cons:

-they earn tenure then get lazy

-protects bad teachers

What is AEA?

they fight legal battles for you

Alabama ______ currently offer ASHA-certified SLPs $5000 pay supplement and $5000 grant!

does not

Alabama teachers who are nationally certified by the NBPTS ____ receive a supplement

do

NBPTS

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

How do you write a resume?

List a ____________ email address

professional

How do you write a resume?

Professional experience may include ______________ with descriptions

clinical practicum

How do you write a resume?

Be sure to list any _______________________________& any work w/ children, elderly, or the disabled

volunteer experience, church involvement, and campus organizations

How do you write a resume?

You need ___________

references (3)

How do you write a resume?

Know how to write the _______

cover letter

How do you write a resume?

You need to have _________________ for reference sources, ask them first and pay for the envelope

common courtesies

Over ______% of ASHAs SLPs are employed in the schools

50%

Why are you required to take this course?

You may be employed by the school systems or an SLP-A

Speech therapy use to be called?

speech improvement programs

What did Brown vs. Board of Education do?

desegregated public schools

Throughout the history of SLP in schools there have been _____________ for the disabled

increased rights

History of SLPs in the Public Schools:

Parents demanding _____________ from qualified professionals

better services

History of SLPs in the Public Schools:

______________: our work is always impacted by this

Federal Legislation

Getting Organized: Helpful things a school SLP should have

-books from "super duper"

-smelly stickers

-plastic foods

-pen and notepad

-Dr. Reed likes "cooties" game

-octopus dominos

What is teacher money?

money awarded through school system for your classroom

How much teacher money do you usually get?

depends

Be Ready: What do you need to do with your teacher money?

spend it as soon as you get it so it can't be taken for proration

Your first day of school:

-gather student files

-contact previous SLP, if possible

-request a mentor

-look for an old tx schedule (group ages together appropriately)

What does itinerant mean?

traveling not temporary

Why do you need to log your mileage when working as an SLP in the public school?

because the state pays for it

-For tx grouping group _____________ together,

-For MR kids group by _________

-Match ages sensibly, you may look at ____________ and group in that manner

chronological age, mental age, test scores

What is escrow?

when some of your check is put back so you can be paid in the summers

When getting ready for the school year you need to devise a __________ schedule and meet with teachers to ______ times

workable, okay

Why should we check the PE & lunch schedules before making our schedules?

you don't want to pull a child out of a free time

Copy schedules for ___________________

teachers, special ed coordinator, and secretaries

Start a filing system for ________________

IEP process and student folders

Create a chart for IEP __________________

due dates (post it in plain view)

Create a _________ system

document

ASHA workload analysis is a ______________

complicated issue

Why is the ASHA workload analysis a complicated issue?

because the caseload (numbers) and workload (all of the activities you are required to do; performance) can be very different

________ is only 1 aspect of workload

caseload

True or False:

There's no research to support a specific caseload size

true; which is why the caseload approach didn't work

How does a child qualify for services in the public schools?

The disorder must adversely impact the child _______ and/or _______

academically, socially (i.e., their performance in the general ed environment)

We are the only professionals that can diagnose and treat _______, _________, _______ disorders; pretty much anyone can do language

speech, fluency, voice

The child has to pass _______ and ______ screenings before you can go forward with any other testing

vision & hearing

Qualify for Services:

Articulation errors are primarily ______

SODA (Substitutions, Omissions. Distortions, Additions)

-if adversely affecting the child academically and/or socially (i.e., their performance in the general ed environment).

Qualify for Services:

Phonological errors are usually not normal for their ______

age

-only if it they are persistent and adversely affecting the child academically and/or socially (i.e., their performance in the general ed environment).

Qualify for Services:

Phonological errors can't be ____________

stimulable

Qualify for Services:

Connected speech may be _________________

unintelligible or may be intelligible only to familiar listeners or within known contexts

-only if it persistent and adversely affecting the child academically and/or socially (i.e., their performance in the general ed environment).

Qualify for Services: Tongue thrust itself ________________

does not for services it will need an articulation disorder to qualify

Does the child meet the criteria for an articulation disorder if the sole assessed disability is an abnormal swallowing pattern?

no

Does the child qualify for services if:

-If the child's voice is abnormal in vocal quality, pitch, loudness, resonance and/or duration and is inappropriate for the child's age and gender. Deviance is noticeable and distracting to any listener.

-The voice disorder is not the result of a temporary problem such as normal voice change, allergies, asthma, tonsils and/or adenoid removal or other such conditions. Things that can affect the voice: vocal nodules, vocal polyps, vocal cord paralysis etc.

yes

-if adversely affecting the child academically and/or socially (i.e., their performance in the general ed environment).

Does the child qualify for services if:

-Abnormally dysfluent speech is observed during conversation and/or structured speaking tasks. Listeners are distracted by the child's dysfluent speech and distracting concomitant behaviors may be observed. The child may exhibit fear or avoidance of speaking. The child's ability to communicate is adversely affected by the disorder.

yes

-if adversely affecting the child academically and/or socially (i.e., their performance in the general ed environment)

Does the child qualify for service if:

Developmental dysfluencies attributable to normal maturation patterns.

no

Does a child qualify for services if:

Syntactic, morphologic, semantic, and/or pragmatic errors are observed. The child's ability to comprehend or use spoken language is adversely affected.

yes

-if adversely affecting the child academically and/or socially (i.e., their performance in the general ed environment)

__________ and _______________ also don't qualify for services

Dialect, second language issues

Language Qualifying Services

-A child scored a 55 total language score (basically, his score fell off the page). Boom...he qualified with that score, along with his social and academic issues in the general ed classroom.

or

-A child who scores 85 or 1 SD below mean on the auditory comprehension (receptive) part of the PLS and then scores low (70 or 2 SDs) on the expressive communication portion. Then, I might administer a Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT—expressive vocabulary) test. If he scores 70 or 2 SDs below on the PPVT, coupled with the already low receptive score, then he qualifies, provided there are academic and/or social impacts in the classroom. Basically, if the child performs poorly on the expressive or receptive component only, then you can still qualify the child by drilling down further into the weaker area.

What test would Dr. Reed administer for language?

CELF

A service delivery is a ______________________

dynamic process

5 aspects of service delivery:

-setting

-format

-intensity

-frequency

-duration

A dynamic process mean __________

changing or fluid

Treatment settings can be in _________, therapy rooms, job sites, self-contained classrooms, and even in the _______

classrooms, lunchrooms

What is the format of service delivery?

are you working with an individual or a small group

What is the intensity of service delivery?

the amount of time spent in each treatment session

What is the frequency of service delivery?

the number of treatment sessions over an established period of time

What is the duration of service delivery?

the length of treatment received

T or F: There is no single model of service delivery approaches is good for all students

T

Service Delivery Approaches:

Look at student _________ & __________ through the year

progress, needs

Service Delivery Approaches:

Does the child have access to the _______________________

gen ed cirriculum

Service Delivery Approaches:

Promotion of skills that allow them to improve all around ________________

functioning

Service Delivery Approaches:

What are the demands of the _______, ________, & ___________

classroom, community, family

Service Delivery Approaches:

Consider _______

culture

Service Delivery Approaches:

Team-based ____________ ____________

decision making

There is evidence that when teachers co-taught __________________________ that the child did better

language lessons

There is evidence that ______________________ are more effective in vocabulary teaching in the student's curriculum

collaborative models

There is evidence that SALT (Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts) have a bigger gain in completeness and intelligibility of student ______________ when measured via SALT

utterances

Technology limits the visibility of ________ ________ ____________

fine tune oral motor movements in oral facial myology

Telepractice is not good for ____________ ____________ clients

orofacial myology

There is evidence that students have higher scores in _______, ________, & ________ when teachers collaborate

listening, writing, vocabulary (receptive)

There is evidence for preschoolers with classroom-based intervention show higher gains in ______________________________

generalizing new words

What is the most common setting of service delivery?

therapy room/speech language resource room

Examples of Integrated/In Class Services: Other Educational Settings

lunchroom, playground