How Do I Work With the Reading Teacher Without Becoming One?

The Speech-Language Program of Orange County Public Schools (OCPS), Orlando, FL has provided ongoing intensive professional development and support to their speech-language pathologists to facilitate inclusive services for students who are identified as speech-language impaired. However, providing inclusive services in the general and special education classrooms often raises the question, “How should speech-language pathologists provide services in the classroom, focusing on classroom curriculum without becoming the reading teacher?” This article discusses how a speech-language pathologist differentiates his/her services from the responsibilities of the reading teacher.

What? You Want Me to Do a Language Sample?

The Speech Language Program in Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) in Orlando, FL, encourages and supports the use of language sampling as part of the diagnostic and therapeutic planning process. This article describes the protocol used for eliciting and analyzing a language sample used in OCPS. The protocol was developed with the goal of reducing reliance on self-designed analysis procedures and incorporating research information about collection and analysis procedures.

Promising Research, Programs, and Projects: Networking to Make a Parent Project a Dream Come True

In my job as program specialist for elementary mathematics for Orange County Public Schools in Orlando. Florida, the opportunities to network with colleagues, representatives of business and industry, members of the mathematics community, and community personnel are plentiful. One such networking episode enabled my dream for a parent project to come true.