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)