Curriculum Description:
Therapy helps children become more effective
listeners, speakers, readers, and writers.
To do this, Mr. Shively works with children in partnership
with their families, teachers, aides, and therapists.
Parents of children under three years
of age receive training at home to help their child
communicate.
Three to five-year-old children
generally attend the Aurora Preschool. Daily classes promote
learning, socialization, speech development, language acquisition,
and school readiness skills.
Kindergarten and 5th
grade children receive direct help individually and
in small groups. Therapy is for articulation of sounds, fluency
(freedom from stuttering), voice, and comprehension and expression
of language.
Mr. Shively and the school district’s
other Speech-Language Pathologists assist children with:
- socially relating with others
- knowing how and when to speak
- pronouncing sounds so speech is understood by others
- understanding what others are saying with words and in
writing
- expressing themselves through words and writing
- speaking without hesitations, sound prolongations, and
repetitions
- using an appropriate voice quality, pitch, and loudness
Parents concerned with their child’s
communication may contact the Special Education Director for
the Aurora Public Schools at 694-3167. |
Email:
pshively
@esu9.org |
