Speech Language Services
Welcome to Speech and Language Services
Communication Opens the Doors of the World
Sean BobalSpeech Therapist
[email protected]
908-735-5511 X6129
Speech/Language services within the school setting primarily focus on supporting communication, specifically the receptive and expressive components that help us interact within our environments, ourselves, others.
Speech/Language Therapists are experts in all areas of communication and make assessments, analyses, and classifications of students' communication competencies and characteristics. As a member of the educational team, the Speech/Language Therapist participates in the planning of educational programs for children with communication disorders. They also serve as resource persons in the area of speech and language development and disorders to classroom teachers, parents, administrators and the child study team.
A Speech/Language Therapist is responsible for completing speech and language assessments. The assessment includes observations of the student outside of the testing setting, consultation with the classroom teacher, communication with the parent(s)/guardian(s), and a formal evaluation and analysis of speech and language development.
For more information about Speech/Language services in the school setting, please visit NJ.gov.
Children under school age, prior to kindergarten, do not get referred for speech & language services alone. Speech articulation errors are considered developmental. The Child Study Team will consider speech evaluations when a child becomes school age.
N.J.A.C. 6A:14, Special Education
For your ease, we have attached the Referral Form or you can email the Child Study Team Department requesting a meeting to discuss a potential evaluation. This referral MUST include original signature and why you are referring your child.