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Who are we?

                                      

Stephanie Ansley, MA, CCC-SLP    Ingrid Einspahr, MA, CCC-SLP                Doy Hergert, MA, CCC-SLP

              

  Sheryl Kinoshita, MA, CCC-SLP        Vicki Rutter, MA, CCC-SLP               Jennifer Splichal, MS, CCC-SLP

 

Laura Lee, SLP

 

Our Mission

Effectively working to provide appropriate, quality services in order to ensure that the students we serve are better able to access the general curriculum

Professional Philosophy

  • We give each other professional respect.

  • We use each other as resources.

  • We value professional development.

  • We value each individual as a caring, concerned, and trustworthy.

  • We use professional ethics.

  • We believe data is important and should drive our decisions and planning.

 Regarding students:

  • We serve each student’s individual needs.

  • We view each student as deserving of appropriate, quality, highly-effective services.

Program Accomplishments:

¨      One member of the department is a district representative to the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 

¨      All SLPs from ESU #13 attended the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA) conference in September 2007, during which they received specialized training in treating fluency disorders, articulation disorders, phonology disorders, Childhood Apraxia, and augmentative and alternative communication.   All ESU #13 SLPs will attend the NSLHA conference in October 2008.

¨      One ESU #13 SLP presented at the 2007 NSLHA conference.  Her presentation was titled Forego Tradition and Find Success in the Student’s World.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs participated in the Child Find screenings held at Monument Mall.  This is now an annual event

¨      ESU #13 SLPs conducted monthly professional development meetings via the Distance Learning system.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs participate in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) National Outcomes Measurement System (NOMS).

¨      ESU #13 SLPs conducted articulation screenings for most area district preschools.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs received specialized training in Response to Intervention.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs received specialized training for working with students with Autism Spectrum Disorders at local trainings and at the Nebraska state conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs are members of the Western Region team on Autism Spectrum Disorders where they are responsible for providing specialized training and services to member school districts.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs received specialized training in local, state, and national regulations involving speech and language disorders.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs received specialized training in executive functioning and its relationship to behavior and academic progress.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs participated in the development of an action plan of improvement for the Early Development Network. 

¨      ESU #13 SLPs received specialized training in AIMSweb- an online system of collecting data and student documenting progress.   

¨      ESU #13 SLPs are assisting school district Student Assistance Teams in developing and carrying out research-based interventions for students who are at-risk.

¨      ESU #13 SLPs were involved in the re-establishment of the Western-Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (WNSLHA).  WNSLHA had been defunct for several years before being re-organized in 2007.  WNSLHA now includes several area SLPs and Deaf Educators that meet 6 times per year on Saturdays for professional development. 

 

Progress toward annual goal

¨      100% of respondents rated ESU #13 speech-language services as a 3 or 4 on the ESU #13 district satisfaction survey 2006-2007. 

¨      NOMS data reveals that ESU #13 SLPs increased the percentage of students improving one or more Functional Communication Measures in the areas of Fluency, Intelligibility, Speech Sound Production, and Spoken Language Comprehension.

¨      76% of teachers who filled out the NOMS teacher survey agreed or strongly agreed that the students served by ESU #13 SLPs showed more effective communication after receiving services.  This is above the national average of 69%. 

 

Information and Links

Speech and Language Department Meetings

Unit Improvement

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

NOMS Data Entry

Western Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (WNSHLA) Moodle