This program provides instruction to children who have speech and language disorders. Services include identification, diagnostic evaluation and intervention.
Direct service staff include state and nationally certified speech-language pathologists, state certified speech-language pathology assistants and sign language interpreters. Services are provided through direct interaction and consultation with teachers and parents.
The program serves young children in Grant County through the Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Program, as well as students in schools and Early Intervention/Early Childhood programs in Umatilla, Morrow, Grant, Baker and Union counties. Seventeen speech/language pathologists hold a Clinical Competence Certificate from the American Speech Language Hearing Association, allowing supervision of Clinical Fellowship Year for a speech-language pathologist graduate, supervision of clinical hours for a speech-language pathology assistant and supervision of speech-language pathology assistants.
Students receive direct instruction from the assigned clinician and speech-language pathology assistants, as well as structured observations, participation in the classrooms and teacher and parent consultations.