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Pine Spring Speech and Pine Spring Speech and Language ProgramLanguage Program

Becky Roed, Becky Roed, M.Ed., SLP, M.Ed., SLP, CCC-school CCC-school speech clinicianspeech clinician

Meet the clinician:Meet the clinician:

Hi, I’m Becky Roed. I Hi, I’m Becky Roed. I received both my received both my Bachelor’s and Master’s Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of degrees at the University of Central Oklahoma. I have Central Oklahoma. I have been working as a speech been working as a speech clinician for 18 years, 15 of clinician for 18 years, 15 of those years in Fairfax those years in Fairfax County. This year will be County. This year will be my 11my 11thth at Pine Spring. This at Pine Spring. This is the best school I have is the best school I have ever worked at!ever worked at!

Here’s what I do:Here’s what I do:

Help children with articulation, Help children with articulation, language, voice, fluency or language, voice, fluency or swallowing disorders.swallowing disorders.

Conduct evaluations to Conduct evaluations to determine the above determine the above disorders and write reports.disorders and write reports.

Write Individualized Write Individualized Education Plans for each Education Plans for each student who qualifies for student who qualifies for services.services.

Consult and collaborate with Consult and collaborate with teachers to benefit my teachers to benefit my students.students.

More of what I do:More of what I do:

Monitor and follow up on Monitor and follow up on students suspected of students suspected of having difficulties in the having difficulties in the above areas.above areas.

Conduct Kindergarten Conduct Kindergarten screenings and new screenings and new student screenings.student screenings.

Participate in Local Participate in Local Screening Committee Screening Committee and Identified Students and Identified Students Committee.Committee.

Still more things I do:Still more things I do:

Keep up on Keep up on technology skillstechnology skills

SCA sponsorSCA sponsor FEA repFEA rep Play Bobcat Play Bobcat

basketballbasketball Make bulletin boardsMake bulletin boards BUS DUTY!!BUS DUTY!!

Any questions?Any questions?

If you think your child may have a If you think your child may have a disorder in one of the areas I work on, disorder in one of the areas I work on, you can call the school at you can call the school at 571-266-4400571-266-4400 or call my office at or call my office at 571-226-4466571-226-4466 and and leave a voice mail. I will get back to you leave a voice mail. I will get back to you as soon as possible to answer your as soon as possible to answer your questions. questions.

See my pamphlet: The See my pamphlet: The Language/Reading Connection, below.Language/Reading Connection, below.

The Language/Reading Connection

By Rebecca L. Roed, M.Ed., S.L.P.-C.C.C.

Use your STRONGEST language!

Many parents who do not speak English as their first language want to prepare their children for English-speaking schools. They may interact using older siblings or use their weaker language-English. This may seem like a good solution, but instead, it is very detrimental to the child’s language development, reading development and parent/child relationship. Your child will learn English when he gets to school AND he will learn it better if he has a solid language base in his home language. It is not WHICH language a child learns

first that impacts his learning, but not having first that impacts his learning, but not having adequate language development to understand adequate language development to understand concepts, vocabulary, word and sentence concepts, vocabulary, word and sentence structure and social language by the time he structure and social language by the time he gets to kindergarten.gets to kindergarten.

For more information contact your school For more information contact your school Speech Clinician, Head Start Program or your Speech Clinician, Head Start Program or your area Child Find Office.area Child Find Office.

You are your baby’s first teacher

Parent Questions:Parent Questions:  

1. How does reading to a 1. How does reading to a baby help him later in baby help him later in school?school?

Children who been read to Children who been read to have had more chances to have had more chances to learn: sounds of language, learn: sounds of language, discriminate between similar discriminate between similar sounds/ words, understand sounds/ words, understand social rules know correct social rules know correct sentences and word sentences and word structure, learn concepts of structure, learn concepts of print (right to left, top to print (right to left, top to bottom, page turning) and bottom, page turning) and gain knowledge of a wide gain knowledge of a wide variety of things.variety of things.

Singing to babies teaches rhythm and rhyming.

Questions Continued…Questions Continued…

2. How much should I read to my child?2. How much should I read to my child?

Children need to be read to for at least 1000 hours from birth Children need to be read to for at least 1000 hours from birth to kindergarten to help them become familiar with language, to kindergarten to help them become familiar with language, concepts they will be expected to understand in school.concepts they will be expected to understand in school.

3. I work a lot and don’t have time or energy to read to 3. I work a lot and don’t have time or energy to read to my child. What can I do?my child. What can I do?

*older siblings, friends, grandparents, babysitters can read to *older siblings, friends, grandparents, babysitters can read to her.her.

*set aside just 1/2 hour/ day to read/talk to your child.*set aside just 1/2 hour/ day to read/talk to your child. *on a day off, go to the Library. Most Libraries have programs *on a day off, go to the Library. Most Libraries have programs

where children can be read to-and they’re FREE!where children can be read to-and they’re FREE!    

More Questions…More Questions…

4. How old should my 4. How old should my child be to be read or child be to be read or talked to?talked to?

1 HOUR OLD!1 HOUR OLD! *expose your baby to *expose your baby to

language and print from language and print from birthbirth

*talk to him about *talk to him about anything. You will see him anything. You will see him respond even though he respond even though he doesn’t understand the doesn’t understand the words!words!

Children will read more if they see their parents reading.

A Few More Questions…A Few More Questions…

5. Should my child just sit and listen?5. Should my child just sit and listen?

Sitting and listening are important skills to prepare your child for school, Sitting and listening are important skills to prepare your child for school, BUTBUT……

birth to 4-years: birth to 4-years: *a baby will attend to the pictures and to your face*a baby will attend to the pictures and to your face *a 1-year-old will point to familiar pictures *a 1-year-old will point to familiar pictures *a 2-year-old will start repeating words you or say or want you to name *a 2-year-old will start repeating words you or say or want you to name

pictures. pictures. *3-4 year-olds can answer simple questions about pictures or actions in a *3-4 year-olds can answer simple questions about pictures or actions in a

book.book.

6. Why do this?6. Why do this? *to help your child understand question forms*to help your child understand question forms *to help you know if they understand what’s in the book*to help you know if they understand what’s in the book  

One Last Question…One Last Question…

7. What should I read to my 7. What should I read to my child?child?

*what he likes (this may be the *what he likes (this may be the same book every day)!same book every day)!

*books with interesting pictures*books with interesting pictures *a variety of types of books: farm, *a variety of types of books: farm,

zoo, jungle, different countries, zoo, jungle, different countries, ABCs, rhyming, alliteration ABCs, rhyming, alliteration (repeating sounds), even books (repeating sounds), even books without words-she can make up without words-she can make up her own story! her own story!

*Also, read signs, grocery lists, *Also, read signs, grocery lists, comics, appropriate sections of comics, appropriate sections of the newspaper-ANYTHING! the newspaper-ANYTHING!

Hint: by 3 years a child should Hint: by 3 years a child should

learn to identify his name. He will learn to identify his name. He will start looking for his first letter in start looking for his first letter in the print you expose them to...the print you expose them to...

that’s that’s READING!READING!    

Bedtime stories can calm your child after an exciting day.

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Falls Church, VA 22042Phone: 571-226-4400FAX: 571226-4497

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