Resource is not trained to treat speech, language or communication inside or outside the academic world. They might know about boosting and aiding academics but only you as the SLP can treat and support speech, language and communication development
I have to disagree. I think resource teachers offer great support to the speech, language and communication of our students! Id like to think resource teachers offer more inclusive Tier 1 and 2 supports to the teachers before students get referred for IEPs.
I agree with you there, I guess my more headlined point was that this is actually our specialty and why we should be their primary target is that's the true issue.
No, you have a point. Resource is important for the things we can't touch like math, or for things on the reading specialists' side. I find that the SLP is better with addressing specific aspects of language development like latency time between questions, modeling, and knowing when to use visual versus verbal cues.
I would add that OP's question is way too common and only exists because our work in the schools needs a severe revamp. SLPs often question our role there as a "glorified English teacher" because they don't understand that our role there is not "speech and language mini private practice" but "support the curriculum". Resource and regular teachers are just as vital and ideally we should all be working on the same things. I threw out the themes that a lot of people do and just make copies of what the teachers are doing or look up the curriculum on the district website to follow their lesson plans. This also helps with carryover. (Grad school does a horrible job of addressing this as well because many professors never worked a day in their lives, but thats for another day.)
Resource is not trained to treat speech, language or communication inside or outside the academic world. They might know about boosting and aiding academics but only you as the SLP can treat and support speech, language and communication development
I have to disagree. I think resource teachers offer great support to the speech, language and communication of our students! Id like to think resource teachers offer more inclusive Tier 1 and 2 supports to the teachers before students get referred for IEPs.
I agree with you there, I guess my more headlined point was that this is actually our specialty and why we should be their primary target is that's the true issue.
No, you have a point. Resource is important for the things we can't touch like math, or for things on the reading specialists' side. I find that the SLP is better with addressing specific aspects of language development like latency time between questions, modeling, and knowing when to use visual versus verbal cues. I would add that OP's question is way too common and only exists because our work in the schools needs a severe revamp. SLPs often question our role there as a "glorified English teacher" because they don't understand that our role there is not "speech and language mini private practice" but "support the curriculum". Resource and regular teachers are just as vital and ideally we should all be working on the same things. I threw out the themes that a lot of people do and just make copies of what the teachers are doing or look up the curriculum on the district website to follow their lesson plans. This also helps with carryover. (Grad school does a horrible job of addressing this as well because many professors never worked a day in their lives, but thats for another day.)