Children with Speech Sound Disorders at School: Challenges for Children, Parents and Teachers

Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/

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Speech Impairments; Teacher Role; Parent Role; Speech Language Pathology; Elementary School Students; Family Environment; Semi Structured Interviews; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Interpersonal Communication; Self Esteem; Student Participation; Learning Activities; Academic Achievement; Barriers; Student Needs

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Teachers play a major role in supporting children's educational, social, and emotional development although may be unprepared for supporting children with speech sound disorders. Interviews with 34 participants including six focus children, their parents, siblings, friends, teachers and other significant adults in their lives highlighted challenges for these children in school, and challenges for their parents and teachers in meeting these children's developmental and educational needs. These challenges were centred on the need for specific expertise in the school setting, and access to additional classroom and professional services to support these students' engagement in the learning and social environments of school. This research identifies frustrations that impact these families and teachers as they attempt to navigate the bureaucracies to which they are beholden.

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2017

EJ1136306