CHANGES TO SPEECH SERVICES
SMARTBOARD TECHNOLOGY IN THE SPEECH CLASSROOM
Speech students in the Shawnee and Woodlands buildings will enjoy interacting with lessons presented on the Smartboard in the 2008-2009 school year. What is a Smartboard? It looks like a whiteboard connected to a computer and overhead projector.
Teachers can present a lesson idea using words, pictures, voice or sound tracks and can link to video and other media using the internet connection. Kids can write, move words and letters, change colors, create drawings with shapes, produce sound, create their own presentations using multimedia all on the Smartboard. And I haven't discovered all the capabilities yet! Cool stuff! You might want to try it out too!
Why? Check out this website ...
www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/WIT/SmartBoard/benefits.htm
3 : 1 SERVICE DELIVERY
Some students will receive services in a 3:1 model of delivery. That means for 3 weeks the kids are seen in the speech room for classes, but for 1 week of the month the Speech Language Pathologist goes into their regular education classroom. In the regular education classroom, the SLP can do any of the following services: observe and tally behaviors to see if therapy is working in the classroom, aid the teacher in modifying work, delivery of lessons, or tests, create assistive equipment, or co-teach lessons. Kids enjoy having two adults in their classes. Teachers and the SLP are able to consult on students, focus on shared goals, and learn from each other.
Check out your students' IEP to see if 3:1 model is written into your child's IEP for the 2008-2009 school year. Read over the goals as well to see what you can help with at home.