[phono-tx] let's hear more from US school-based SLPs

From a sample of 2,544 /4,000 ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists
with schools as their primary employment facility, 93.8% of school-based
SLPs in the US regularly serve elementary school clients with
articulation/phonological disorders, and 87.6% of school-based SLPs in the
US regularly serve secondary school clients with articulation/phonological
disorders.

Looking at combined data from the 2,544 respondents, more SLPs had students
with articulation/phonological disorders (92% of SLPs) and language
impairment (90%) than any other area of intervention.

http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/Schools10Frequencies.pdf

http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/Schools10Caseload.pdf

Apropos recent discussion of severity measures here on the list, "using
their own state or school district's definition for degree of communication
impairment, SLPs identified 42% of their typical caseload as moderately
impaired. Means ranged from 30% to 45% in the various types of schools.
An additional 31% of students were mildly impaired, and 22% were
severely/profoundly impaired. The latter group showed variability
across settings: 18% in elementary schools, 23% in secondary schools, 28% in
combined school settings, 29% in preschools, and 57% in day/residential
schools. The remaining 5% were not impaired."

We should be hearing more on the list from this group of colleagues who are
so experienced with children with articulation/phonological disorders.

Best wishes,
Caroline

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