Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy is offered to students through the Special Education program. A student can be referred by the parent and/or the teacher to the GIST committee. The GIST committee will meet several times to assess and recommend classroom strategies. These strategies would include modifications and accommodations in order to help the student achieve academic success. If the parents, teachers, and administration agree that a full assessment is needed, and Admission, Review, Dismissal (ARD) committee meeting will be scheduled.
At that meeting, parents will give their permission to assess the student. When formal assessments determine that the speech problems interferes with the student’s learning progress, an ARD meeting will meet to establish the goals and classroom accommodations for the student.
Questions concerning the Speech Therapy program can be directed to Tracy Scott, Special Education Resource teacher at tscott@txed.net.