At the Newmark Schools we provide a full range of speech and language services. Both individual and group therapy sessions are available, based on each student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Students work to attain of a wide variety of communication skills, including but not limited to:
- Non-Verbal Language Skills
- Eye contact
- Body language
- Tone of voice
- Facial expressions
- Conversational Skills
- Verbal turn-taking
- Expanding conversational repertoire
- Topic maintenance
- Commenting/questioning to maintain conversation
- Receptive Language and Auditory Processing
- Increasing vocabulary
- Understanding inferential language
- Word association skills
- Increasing auditory attention
- Following directions
- Listening for important information
- Listening in a noisy background
- Learning compensatory strategies to enhance auditory memory
- Expressive Language
- Increasing word retrieval skills
- Verbal sequencing and organization
- Solving problems
- Use of figurative language
- Improving grammar and syntax
- Articulation Skills
- Improving oral motor/mobility
- Production of target sounds
- Oral motor planning
- Appropriate rate of speech to improve intelligibility
- Voice Therapy
- Appropriate vocal loudness
- Improved voice quality
The Newmark Schools point-based feedback system and behavior management protocols are observed during all speech and language therapy sessions and appropriate social skills are reinforced at all times.
All speech and language therapy staff are appropriately certified and licensed according to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-3.9(a) 4.
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