Speech Therapy

Speech and Language Therapy

Speech and Language therapy is provided to children from birth through their school years as required by state and federal law. Therapy is provided to children who have speech and language impairments. These impairments include children who have difficulties understanding what others are saying to them and children who have difficulty talking or communicating to others. Language impairments may involve difficulties in grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, and social skills. Speech impairments may involve articulation (ability to produce sounds correctly), producing sounds, using words to communicate, stuttering, and voice disorders. Speech and Language disabilities may be the only disability the student has or may be related to other disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, and various syndromes.

Speech and Language Therapists:

 

  • Work at Highland Pines School which is a centered based program
  • Work at each local district school in the county
  • Evaluate and diagnose speech and language disorders
  • Provide direct therapy services. Services may be provided in a home program, classroom, small group or individual setting
  • Develop augmentative/alternative communication systems for nonverbal students using picture boards, assistive devices
  • Consult with education staff and parents about students suspected of a speech and language disorder
  • Provide support to classroom teachers that have speech and language impaired students.

Speech
Therapist
Schools
they serve
Email
Address
Lisa Aranyos
Vassar 
St. Lukes
PWL
Millington
(4th - 12th)
St. Paul Lutheran
laranyos@tuscolaisd.org
989.673.2144 ext. 30383
Shana Barth
HPS
Small Wonders
Caro Regional Center
Lighthouse
Betsy's Place
Caro Head Start (PM)

sbarth@tuscolaisd.org
989.673.5200 ext. 30360
Kara Booms
Millington
(Kdg & 1st)
Caro 
(McComb: 2nd & Schall: 3rd - 5th)
kbooms@tuscolaisd.org
989.673.2144 ext. 30245
 Emily Jones  Millington
(ECSE, Pre-K, 2nd-3rd)
Vassar
 (Townsend North)		 ejones@tuscolaisd.org
989.673.2144 ext. 30366
  Elizabeth Walkowiak   Cass City
Caro Head Start		 ewalkowiak@tuscolaisd.org
989.673.2144 ext. 30391
 Melissa Pearson Kingston
Mayville		 mpearson@tuscolaisd.org
989.637.2144 ext. 30395
Sheri Pelletier
Caro
(McComb: ECSE, Pre-K - 1st, 6th - 12th)
spelletier@tuscolaisd.org
989.673.2144 ext. 30433
Katherine Reed
 Reese
St. Elizabeth
St. Michaels
Trinity
WEC (as needed)
kreed@tuscolaisd.org
989.868.4561 ext. 2125
Linda Shoop
Infants
Rainbow Daycare

lshoop@tuscolaisd.org
989.673.5200 ext. 30313
Julie Weber
Akron-Fairgrove
Christ the King
USA
jweber@tuscolaisd.org
989.673.2144 ext. 30234