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Related Services for Students with Special Needs - Coggle Diagram

- - - - A child who is suffering with expressive or receptive language skills would benefit from Speech Therapy.
        
        Expressive language skills
        
        Expressive language skills are demonstrated through the words, sentences and phrases we say. It is important that these skills develop, so that a child can successfully interact with others around them.
        
        A child who struggles to put their ideas and thoughts into words or coherent sentences may well have a S&L disorder. Despite potentially understanding instruction or what is being said to them, a child who struggles to respond in an appropriate way may seem to have misunderstood.
        
        Receptive Language Skills
        
        The ability to understand spoken (and written) language refers to receptive language skills. Development of these skills is vital if a child is to communicate successfully with their peers. If a child does not understand what the speaker is saying to them, they may give an inappropriate response, which can appear as being rude or demonstrating rebellious behaviour.
        Children with receptive language disorders may have issues with auditory processing, attention and memory span, understanding of words, phrases or concepts, inferential comprehension, semantic skills or grammar. Early identification of any of these difficulties is important as treatment can help to decrease the impact they may have on a child's development.
  - - - interact through talking and playing, and using books, pictures other objects as part of language intervention to help stimulate language development
      - provide strategies and homework for the child and parent or caregiver on how to do speech therapy at home
        
        The modelling of correct sounds and syllables for a child during age-appropriate play to teach the child how to make certain sounds
      - These services will support students improve their communication and collaboration skills; allowing them to become an integral part of their group.
        Students who do not receive support mate struggle to communicate and become frustrated. This could potentially lead to the student isolating themselves and becoming reclusive.
    - - Improving speaking, reading, and writing skills.
      - Improving SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar).
      - Organizing information.
      - Following verbal and non-verbal directions.
      - Expanding the understanding and use of words in the correct order.
      - Understanding the meaning of words.
      - Acquiring and understanding missing elements of grammar.
      - The development of social communication skills.
      - Each treatment plan is individualised for the specific need of the child. Whilst no treatment plan is the same and the number of treatments available vast, the most common form of treatments for younger people tend to focus on include:
      - After students have been evaluation and diagnosed, Speech and Language Pathologists will then recommend a related service, usually in the form of an individual treatment plan for the child to follow, with specific targets set for improvement.