Janine Bridenbaugh at Wolf Branch School District 113

Wolf Branch Elementary #113 employs a certified Speech-Language Pathologist to provide services for district students. Speech-language Pathologists are specialists in human communication disorders,counsel families of these children, and provide staff and parents with information about communication development and disorders.

Common Types of Speech and Language Disorders

1. Students with language disorders may demonstrate difficulty understanding what is said or written. Some students with language disorders also have difficulty expressing themselves verbally.

2. Students with articulation disorders substitute or leave out speech sounds when pronouncing words. They may also mix the order of speech sounds when stringing them together to produce a word or sentence.

3. Voice disorders include inappropriate volume (too loud or too soft), pitch (too high or too low), quality (hoarsness or breathiness), or the inablility to make sound (aphonia).

4. Stuttering (disfluency) behaviors indicate there is difficulty with the timing or rhythm of speech. There may also be tension or secondary behaviors (such as head movements) present.

Please contact Wolf Branch ELementary speech-language pathologist at 277-2100 voice mail 703 if you have concerns regarding your child's speech and language ability.

For more information visit American Speech and Hearing Association.

Wolf Branch School District 113
Janine Bridenbaugh