School-based Speech Therapy supports the educational program for
students who have a disorder in communication involving articulation,
language, fluency and/or voice. Speech and Language Therapists work as
members of a multidisciplinary team that serves children schoolwide in
the development of communication and language skills needed for school
success.
The IEP team must take care in differentiating for ELL
students a language difference as opposed to a speech/language
impairment. If an ELL student is encountering only language differences,
ESL services not speech/language therapy should be provided.