What is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)?
Speech Pathologists are both educational and health professionals
specifically trained in communication development and intervention. Here
at Belmont, I am a part of the Special Education team. I educate, screen,
observe, evaluate, identify and provide treatment services to help improve
academic performance for the following communication difficulties:
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Articulation Delays
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Phonological, motorical, cleft lip and/or palate, cluttering
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Language Delays (speaking and listening skills)
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Developmental, learning disability, traumatic head injury, autism, mental
retardation, aphasia, neurological diseases
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Voice Disorders
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Dysarthria, nodules, polyps, overuse/abuse, cleft palate
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Fluency
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Stuttering
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Hearing Impairment
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