| Audiologists Join SLPs at Schools Conference: Nearly 900 Professionals Share Ideas |
| ASHA Schools 2008 brought together two associations and nearly 900 school-based professionals on July 25-27 for an invigorating mix of audiology and speech-language pathology sessions. |
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| Gottfred Testifies on Disability Research |
| ASHA President Kate Gottfred called for more treatment efficacy and effectiveness studies in testimony before the Interagency Committee on Disability Research. |
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| Teamwork Helps Struggling Readers: Response-to-Intervention Program Pairs SLP, Reading Teachers |
| One SLP used assessment data and staffing changes as the impetus to launch a new response-to-intervention program in partnership with the reading teacher. |
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| Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Schools: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Intervention Pose Challenges for SLPs |
| Assessment, diagnosis, and intervention pose challenges for school-based SLPs who must address the unique needs of students with autism spectrum disorders. |
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| Oklahoma School SLPs Expand Literacy Role: In Two Districts, Response-to-Intervention Brings Opportunity for Change |
| When two Oklahoma districts became the first in the state to adopt a response-to-intervention model, two SLPs took a leadership role in redefining their roles, caseloads, and service delivery models. |
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| On Language and Literacy |
| We will best serve students by being good team players who offer all our expertise to help teams enhance the language skills—and therefore literacy—of all of the children we serve. |
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| Hearing Protection for Student Musicians: Pittsburgh School Program Works With Musicians' Hearing Center |
| A Pittsburgh school program works with musicians hearing center to promote hearing conservation for elementary school musicians. *Audiology* |
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| Addressing Emergent Literacy Skills in English-Language Learners |
| Preschool programs can have a direct impact on the academic skills of children learning English as a second language, potentially closing the gap with quality education. |
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| Students and Soundwaves: Five Strategies to Promote Good Classroom Acoustics |
| Good classroom acoustics can enhance the classroom learning environment to facilitate inclusion and response-to-intervention. |
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