Mrs. Jackie Wachob
Speech /Language Specialist

Speech/ language support services are provided to students at Thornell by a Speech-Language Pathologist, as determined by testing and prioritized by need. If parents and/or teachers have concerns about a child's speech, they may request an initial screening by contacting the speech pathologist. Speech / language therapy focuses on improving communication skills in the following areas:

• Language Skills (understanding and expression of grammar and vocabulary)
  
• Listening Skills (memory, comprehension and auditory processing)
  
• Articulation (correct production of speech sounds)
  
• Phonological Awareness Skills (identifying sounds in words, beginning/ending sounds in words, sound blending, rhyming, word segmentation)
  
• Fluency (using slow easy speech pattern without repetitions, hesitations, or blocks when speaking)
  
• Voice (adequate and proper quality, pitch, volume)