Sam is a 12-year-old boy who recently began the sixth grade at a rural middle school. Like
many of his classmates, Sam spent a relaxing summer playing baseball, fishing, and …

Over the last five years I have talked with and heard from hundreds of school-based speech-
language pathologists about many of the issues covered in this special schools issue of The …

2013 brings a new challenge for me. I am honored and excited to begin a 3-year term as
editor of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. In this issue, I'd like to share …

Once limited to correcting articulation and lisps, speech-language pathologists now work
with students with wide-ranging disabilities and educational needs. Principals should …

Today's speech language pathologists (SLPs) play many roles as they attempt to support the
development of speech, language, communication, and literacy skills of America's children …

Theory into Practice (formerly called “Tips for Teachers”) is a regular department presenting
practical teaching suggestions in the areas of reading, mathematics, written language …

In the first Research to Practice column, I invited contributions from other authors. In this
month's column, I am pleased to reprint an article by Walt Wolfram that first appeared in a …

Although speech-language pathologists in the schools are being encouraged to provide
services more inclusively, they often express concern that they are becoming like classroom …

A Guide to School Services in Speech-Language Pathology, Fourth Edition serves as a
comprehensive textbook for school-based speech-language pathology (SLP) courses and …

When I first entered this profession and decided to focus on child language, I learned as
much as I could about language development in the first five years of life. After all, that was …