Learning support at Regents
Expressive language skills
- Developing the range of words a student can use and increasing length of utterance.
- Developing spoken grammar skills to an age-appropriate level.
Receptive language skills
- Develop students' understanding of the language used in the classroom and at home.
- Increase the difficulty and complexity of language a student can understand.
- Develop auditory memory and processing skills (the ability to listen to, interpret, and recall spoken information).
A speech and language therapist also helps students with:
- Social interaction (how we communicate) and social communication skills (why we communicate). This is often a difficulty for students with who have autism. .
- Students with attention and listening difficulties where these are a barrier to effective communication and learning.
- Dysfluent speech (also known as stammering or stuttering).
- Students with unclear speech.
- Phonological awareness skills (fundamental pre-literacy skills).
- Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) e.g. Makaton, PECs (Picture Exchange Communication System).
