Speech & Language

   Welcome to the Speech and Language Home Page     

The Speech-Language Department at Atlantis Charter School is comprised of Mrs. Kellie Fraser-Garcia, MS CCC/SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist and Mrs. Andrea Archer, BS, Speech-Language Pathology Assistant.  Mrs. Garcia identifies and evaluates students who may need assistance with articulation or phonological development, receptive or expressive language development, hearing and/or auditory processing difficulties, fluency or voice issues, oral motor development and social/pragmatic language issues.  Both Mrs. Garcia and Mrs. Archer work with children identified as needing speech and language therapy.

The majority of our students are pulled from the whole group classroom setting into a small group setting in order to work intensively on their areas of need.  Our speech sessions are structured much in the same way as any other class.  Students are provided with a fun, creative, safe and nurturing environment in which they strive to achieve their speech and language goals.  Some of our students also receive inclusion services inside of the classroom setting in order to assist them with carry over of skills they have learned through participating in direct speech language therapy services.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Garcia if you have any concerns or questions regarding speech and language services.  We are here to help and would love to hear from you!!  Our email addresses are: kgarc@atlanticcs.org (Mrs. Garcia) and afurt@atlantiscs.org (Mrs. Archer).

Please look at our sub pages for more important information regarding speech therapy services, recent speech activities, ideas to promote speech and language development at home and links to other helpful websites.            

      Mrs. Garcia and Mrs. Archer

American Speech Language Hearing Association
This website provides lots of information about speech and language rules and regulations as well as parent information regarding typical speech and language development and speech and language disorders.
Tracy Boyd SLP page
Fun language activities that students can access and play on their home computers for extra practice!
Speechers are Great Teachers
Articulation activities for practice at home plus even more links for speech and language games at the bottom of the page.
Parent information on Auditory Processing
Excellent website that provides information on a wide range of child health topics (ADD/middle ear infections/language development). Click on the tabs on the right side of the page for even more articles.
Autism Resources
Center for Disease Control website with lots of information on Autism, diagnosis and treatment as well as links to local resources, providers, services and support.
Stuttering Foundation of America
Useful information about stuttering and fluency disorders.

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