About UsIt can be easy to hear a speech impediment and think that a student will grow out of it, however speech impediments are considered to be disabilities. IDEA outlines speech or language impairments as, “a communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that affects a child’s educational performance. Washington’s DO-IT center is an especially useful resources for teaches. Not only does it resource outline the different types of language and speech impairments that may find themselves onto your roster (such as spoken language, written language, arithmetic, and reasoning) it highlights the psychological experiences that may be experienced by those students. Firsthand experience can be key in knowing how to help your student. In addition, this site offers a different techniques to accommodate and modify lessons for students suffering with this particular type of disability. http://www.washington.edu/doit/academic-accommodations-students-learning-disabilities |