Speech and Language
Clarence Middle and High School
Amy Ratajczak, MA, CCC/SLP
aratajczak@clarenceschools.org
Clarence Center Elementary
Marisa Mancuso, MS, CCC/SLP
mmancuso@clarenceschools.org
Harris Hill Elementary
Gretchen Burden, MS, CCC/SLP
gburden@clarenceschools.org
Sara Magnuszewski, MS. CCC/SLP
smagnuszewski@clarenceschools.org
Ledgeview Elementary
Jody Marshall, MS, CCC-SLP
jmarshall@clarenceschools.org
Sheridan Hill Elementary
Jennifer Rose-Burton, MA, CCC/SLP
jrose-burton@clarenceschools.org
Sara Kreher, MA, CCC-SLP
skreher@clarenceschools.org
Kamrie Gademske, MS, CCC-SLP
kgademske@clarenceschools.org
Good language skills are essential to school success.
Language is the foundation that enables us to learn and acquire new skills.
Speech and language therapy services are available to:
- Students in grades K-12 who are recommended by the Committee for Special Education (CSE).
- Short-term remediation for recommended students who do not qualify under CSE ~ under the RtI (Responsiveness to Intervention) Model
Therapy can be delivered within the classroom or as a pull-out, in the therapy room. Services are given in small groups of no more than 5 students. Individual sessions are provided when appropriate. Sessions typically last 30 minutes. Please be assured that therapy sessions are scheduled around the students' classroom schedules.
SPEECH-LANGUAGE SKILLS THE STUDENTS MAY BE WORKING ON:
- Auditory processing
- Auditory memory
- Listening comprehension
- Phonological awareness (rhyming, blending and segmenting of sounds etc.)
- Understanding spoken language
- Expressive language (grammar, word order in sentences, describing, organization of thoughts)
- Concepts and vocabulary
- Categorization skills
- Antonyms and synonyms
- Idioms and metaphors
- Conversational skills
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Voice (pitch, quality, loudness)
- Fluency
- Speech production (pronouncing sounds)
- Alternative and augmentative communication