Guidelines for Speech and Language Services

 

 

 Speech or language impairment is a communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language disorder, or a voice disorder.

                                                                                                                            

 

Articulation disorder Criteria

Fluency Disorders Criteria

1.  If a student fall two standard deviation  below the mean

       1.The student consistently exhibits one or more of the following symptomatic behavior of dysfluency:

       on standardized articulation tests and the intelligibility is affected in conversation.

a..  Sound, symbolic, or word repetition

         b. Prolongations of sounds, syllables, or word

                         c.  Blockages: or

                         d.  Hesitations

 
         2.  Test performance is less that two standard deviations below the mean but the student is judged unintelligible by the the speech and language clinician and one other adult.

            2.  Significant discrepancy from the norm as measured by           speech sampling in a variety of contexts.  A significant discrepancy from the norm is five dysfluencies a minute; or
          3.  Performance on a phonological  assessment falls in the profound or  severe range and intelligibility is affected in conversation.             3.The disruption occurs to the degree that the individual or persons who listen to the individual react to the manner of speech and the disruptions in a way that impedes communication.
          4  Performance on a phonological assessment falls in the moderate range, intelligibility is affected in conversation, and during a tracking period of between.  three and six months there was a lack of improvement in the number and type of errors;  
          5.  An error persists six months to one year beyond the chronological age when 90% of students have typically acquired the sound based on developmental articulation norms.  
   

                                         

Language Disorders Criteria

Voice Disorders Criteria
          1.  Through age 8, performance falls, 1.5 standard deviations below the mean on standardized evaluation instruments; beginning at age 9, a difference is present of 1.5 standard deviations between performance on an individually administered standardized language assessment instrument and measured expected potential as measured by an individually administered intelligence test; and 1.  Consistent deviation exist in one or more of the parameters of voice: pitch, quality, or volume:
          2.  The student's pragmatic skills, as measured by checklists, language samples, or observation, adversely affect the student's academic and social interaction. 2. The voice is discrepant from the norm for age, gender, or culture and is distracting to the listener; and
  3.  The disorder is not the result of a temporary problem, such as normal voice changes, allergies, colds, or similar conditions.

 

For More information on Special education criteria:

http://www.state.sd.us/deca/SPECIAL/Forms&TAdocs/checklist-final_1agency%20version.doc