ISSS News and Noteworthy:
More ISSS Literacy Connections

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has developed several important documents for SLPs as they pursue the challenge of linking their work to literacy goals. These include practice guidelines and a technical report describing Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents (2001)and the recently published Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists with Respect to Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents (2002).

ISSS partners with other SERC initiatives to provide many literacy-related professional development opportunities for teachers, SLPs, and other support services professionals. During the 2002-03 school year these will include Engaging Young Children in Storytelling, and Linking Language and Literacy ThroughStory Narratives. Exciting job-embedded professional development opportunities linked to these training sessions are also available.

Jump to the calendars of SERC’s Teaching and Learning (T&L), Literacy, and Early Childhood Education (ECE) initiatives for many other professional development programs related to literacy across the grades.

Links

Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents (http://professional.asha.org/resources/DeskRefVol3TOC.cfm)

Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists with Respect to Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents (http://professional.asha.org/resources/DeskRefVol3TOC.cfm)

Engaging Young Children in Storytelling (link to ISSS PD Booklet page)

Linking Language and Literacy Through Story Narratives (link to ISSS PD Booklet page)

Teaching and Learning (PD calendar)

Literacy (PD calendar)

Early Childhood Education (PD calendar)

For more information, please contact:
SERC Consultants: Ruth D. Kirsch, Ph.D., LCSW, (860) 632-1485 (ext. 364) or Donna D. Merritt, Ph.D., CCC, ext. (337)