346: Survey of ASHA speech-language pathologists case loads of elementary school children by type of communication disorders
Distribution of communication disorders served in elementary school children by speech-language pathologists: percentage of case load
Disorder | Grades K-3 | Grades 4-6 |
speech sound production | 58.2 % | 48.7 % |
spoken lang. production | 47.5 | 48.2 |
spoken lang. comprehension | 39.4 | 41.9 |
intelligibility | 16.9 | 3.6 |
fluency | 3.4 | 8.8 |
pragmatics | 1.7 | 1.6 |
voice | 0.6 | 0.5 |
percentage totals exceed 100% due to students being served for multiple problems
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2001)