What is the connection between early speech and language skills and literacy? Research has identified the predictors on whether a preschool child will struggle to develop the foundational skills of literacy. 

Learn about these predictors, how practitioners and early education professionals can provide intensive and early interventions that will improve student outcomes, and how educators can advocate for an integrated approach to speech, language and literacy. 

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Check out these additional resources:

General information about communication disorders – https://identifythesigns.org/resources/

Definitions of types of interprofessional collaboration – https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/intellectual-disability/collaboration- and-teaming/

For an overview of IDEA and ESSA – www.ASHA.org/advocacy

Atlanta Speech School Resources – https://njcld.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cox-campus-links.pdf