Speech-Language Support
Speech and language support services are provided for students who exhibit communication disorders in the area of articulation, language, fluency and/or voice. Evaluations are conducted for any student whose communication disorder appears to be impacting his/her progress within the general education curriculum. If the student is determined to meet eligibility criteria for services and to need specially designed instruction, an Individual Education Program (IEP) is developed to meet that student’s specific needs.
Service delivery models include direct individual or small group pull out therapy, classroom based therapy, and consultative services.
Forms and Downloads
- Referral for Support Services (Word Document) (PDF Document)
- Criteria Manual (PDF Document)
- Articulation Screener (PDF Document)
- Informal Speech and Language Assessment Guide (PDF Document)
Nonpublic Forms
- Letter to Parents: Kindergarten Speech Screening Test (PDF Document)
- Enrollment Letter Non-Public Program (PDF Document)
- Individualized Speech/Language Services Plan (Nonpublic) Cover Sheet (PDF Document)
- Individual Speech/Language Plan (PDF Document)
- Individual Speech/Language Plan: Articulation (PDF Document)
- Individual Speech/Language Plan: Fluency (PDF Document)
- Individual Speech/Language Plan: Language: Auditory Processing (PDF Document)
- Individual Speech/Language Plan: Language: Receptive/Expressive (PDF Document)
- Individual Speech/Language Plan: Language: Syntax/Semantics (PDF Document)
- Individual Speech/Language Plan: Language: Vocabulary (PDF Document)
- Individual Speech/Language Plan: Voice (PDF Document)
- Short Term Objectives (PDF Document)
- Speech Eligibility Criteria for Non Public Students
- Goals and Objectives (PDF Document)
- Present Level Of Performance: Assessment Data (PDF Document)
- Evaluation/Reevaluation (PDF Document)
- Request for Removal from Programs for Speech/Language/Hearing/Vision Support (PDF Document)
- Parental Notification of Dismissal from Speech/Language Support (PDF Document)
- Beginning of the Year Letter (PDF Document)
Online Resources
- International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- The National Autistic Society
- The Autism Society
- The Stuttering Foundation of America
- The Alexander Graham Bell Association
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Apraxia Kids
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)
- Speaking of Speech.com
For More Information
For more information about the Speech-Language Support program at IU1, please contact:
Thomas Podpora
Special Education Supervisor
724-938-3241 ext. 216
thomas.podpora@iu1.org
Stephanie Paolucci
Lead Supervisor of Special Education
724-938-3241 ext. 398
stephanie.paolucci@iu1.org
Dr. Kristin J. Szewczyk
Assistant Executive Director/Title IX Coordinator
724-938-3241 ext. 242
kristin.szewczyk@iu1.org
For Early Intervention referrals, please contact:
Pennie Daugherty
Early Intervention Secretary
724-938-3241 ext. 220
pennie.daugherty@iu1.org
