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Contract Services for Schools
Speech Specialists of San Antonio contracts with public
private, and charter schools to provide speech therapy services designated
on each student's Individual Education Plan (IEP). Our services help prevent,
identify, evaluate and treat communication disorders. We provide direct
and consultative contract speech/language evaluations and pull-out speech
therapy
programs. Additionally, we have bi-lingual therapists available for speech
language evaluations and therapy. Our speech therapists can immediately
fill available speech-therapist positions for long-term contracts or for any
other
reason such as increased caseloads or maternity leave. Our Speech Therapists
can provide comprehensive assessments, individualized group therapy, IEP
development and paperwork, ARD meetings, collaboration with teachers, parents,
and the
special education team. We can help by providing mandated speech pathology
services to children for long and short term contracts depending on your
school's needs.
*Please call for individual rates. All services are billed hourly.
Contract Services to Home Health Agencies
We have experience providing contract speech therapy services
to home health agencies. Our Speech-Language Pathologists work with
geriatric patients to perform evaluations for aphasia, dysphagia, TBI, dysarthria,
apraxia, stuttering, and voice. Additionally, we work with pediatrics
ages
0-3 and 3-21, who are medically fragile, providing speech therapy for
articulation, language, stuttering, cleft palate, voice, dysphagia, pragmatics
and social
skills. Family counseling regarding swallowing and communication disorders
can also be provided. We are recognized for providing professional,
medically appropriate care and interactions with doctors, nurses, home health
staff,
families, and caregivers. *Please call for individual rates. All services
are billed hourly.
If you have a child with a speech problem
We provide individualized services specific to each child. Initially, a speech-language
pathologist completes a full speech and language evaluation to determine
if services are necessary. The evaluation includes a parental interview,
standardized tests, an informal conversational language sample, a hearing
screening, an oral mechanism exam, and observation. A written report
is provided with testing results and recommendations for your records. If
your child
would benefit from services, some of the speech options include:
Individual Speech Therapy
If the Speech-Language Pathologist recommends direct speech therapy, we contact
you to set up a regular scheduled appointment. This can be from 1-3 sessions
per week depending on test results. The program will be highly individualized,
suited specifically to the child's needs. Weekly progress will be reported and
suggestions are given for carry-over.
Consultative Services
If the Speech-Language Pathologist does not recommend direct services, suggestions
are given for techniques for parents to facilitate at home, and if agreed upon,
a consultative call is made in a few months to monitor progress.
Teaching and Carry-over Activities for parents
If the Speech-Language Pathologist does not recommend long term speech therapy,
techniques can be taught to parents or caregivers in a few one-on-one sessions
to attempt at home. *Please call for individual rates. All services are billed
hourly.
Compton P-ESL program for Foreign Accent Reduction/Modification
This (foreign accent) program is designed to improve business, professional,
and social speaking skills. The Compton P-ESL program begins where conversational
English as a second language courses end. It is based on more than 20 years of
linguistic research and teaching and was designed specifically to aid foreign-born
individuals in improving their spoken English. The Program was developed by noted
linguist Dr. Arthur Compton, Director of the Institute of Language and Phonology
in San Francisco. Dr. Compton studied the speech patterns of hundreds of people
from over 65 language backgrounds to identify the most common patterns of pronunciation
errors by non-native speakers of English. The P-ESL Program enables participants
to recognize and correct these patterns in their own speech, leading to maximum
accent reduction.
Who can benefit from P-ESL?
Participants come from all walks of life: accountants, actors, airline pilots,
attorneys, college teachers and students, computer programmers, engineers, housewives,
ministers and priests, physicians, sales representatives, secretaries, supervisors,
receptionists, etc.
What to expect from the Compton P-ESL program?
…An initial interview and a tape recording of your speech
…A completely individualized learning program based on a phonetic analysis of
your tape-recorded speech.
…A comprehensive set of practice exercises in CD-ROM or cassette tape format
…A training manual containing your personal speech analysis and scripts for the
recorded practice materials.
…A personal "Audio Reference" tape and booklet of customized practice words which
you feel are especially important for you to learn.
…25 hours of instruction and practice (group programs)
…A tape-recorded reevaluation to measure your success
…At least a 50% improvement in your pronunciation of English
…A self-study program for continuing your improvement at the end of your course.
P-ESL Types of Programs
I, Small Groups
13-Week Class:
for individuals with an average command of English pronunciation
Rate: $950.00
…Maximum of 5 students per class
…12 two-hour weekly classes and one private tutoring session
…Weekly home assignments using the CD-ROM or personal practice tapes and implementing
new speaking skills into your everyday life.
II. Private Tutoring
13-Week Class:
for people with very strong foreign accents or those who wish to work on specific
projects or goals
Cost: $1200.00
…13 one-hour weekly classes, flexible scheduling
…Weekly home assignments using the CD-ROM or personal practice tapes and implementing
new speaking skills into your everyday life.
7-Week Class:
for people with very mild foreign accents.
Cost: $800.00
…7 one-hour classes, flexible scheduling
…Incorporates serialized practice materials with weekly home assignments using
CD-ROM or personal practice tapes.
P-ESL Evaluation ONLY
The evaluation consists of an initial interview with a comprehensive articulation
test to analyze your individual accent by way of formal and informal measures.
Rate: $400.00
…2 two-hour sessions, initial meeting for evaluation and second meeting for suggestions
and results.
…Information on particular sounds in error. Individualized learning program based
on a phonetic analysis of your tape-recorded speech.
…Suggestions on improving listening and speaking skills.
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