Oh. My. God.
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conulyToday, a speech pathologist came to talk to Evangeline's whole class and they did this little assignment on writing feeling words under pictures. "How do you think their voice would sound?"
This was the mom of one of the students, one of their Community Worker things. (I wish my dad were still here, he'd love to go in to talk about his life as a rabble rouser!)
The back of the assignment is a note to the parents. It is so full of problems that I just about ran down the stairs (on my hurt ankle!) to write it up for you guys.
Everything here is exactly as written.
Dear parents,
today I have told your children what Speech Language Pathologist does and what he/she meant to help. Below are some general information about what we should expect at 6-7 years old and when to seek help.
What we should consider!
a. Fluency -get's stock on a word or a sound, making inappropriate pause, speaking too fast- becomes unintelligible.
b. Voice ( hoarse, harsh, screams a lot, at periods looses voice when speaking)
c. Articulation- actual sound production.
Here is the list of sounds and sound combinations which your children may not acquire yet;however, should by age 7. All other sounds should be present - you will hear a clear production of it. If you notice any deviation from this list, please don't hesitate and seek an evaluation of Speech Language Pathologist. Don't forget, the longer your child produces the sound incorrectly the longer it may take to correct it. Your child might be the next President of the United States!!!!
z,sl, sp, sw, th
e. Hering- please check hearing annually, especially if they have frequent ear infections!
e. A connection of all for functional communications- over all conversations, expression of thought, understanding others.
If you feel that your child has difficulty with any of the above listed criterions please consult a professional.
Websites: www.asha.org
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me at any time.
Best regards, NAME (NAME'S mom) Email NAME@aol.com
See, ladies and gentlemen, this is why you always need somebody to proofread your work. Maybe you're a poor typist, or learned English later in life, or went to a crappy school where nobody taught you how to punctuate. Maybe she typed this up in a bit of a rush. Regardless, it comes off as incredibly unprofessional. It is unprofessional, and when you're representing yourself as a member of your profession you want to look good! Heck, most of us want to look good all the time. I wouldn't stick a note in Evangeline's lunchbox that was this poorly edited. I have been known to rewrite notes just because I had too many crossouts.
This woman also gave her daughter a "creative" spelling of a common name. I had thought it was just in poor taste*, but now I wonder if she just didn't know better.
Maybe my mother would like to go in and talk about the importance of proofreading, and always writing, spelling, and punctuating correctly... or at least consistently.
*Creative spellings of common names mean your kid spends her life correcting people's spelling. I never understood why you'd want to do that to your kid. That's one thing a better orthography would fix, although no doubt to get any such thing pushed through you'd have to promise to let people keep their names as they are.
This was the mom of one of the students, one of their Community Worker things. (I wish my dad were still here, he'd love to go in to talk about his life as a rabble rouser!)
The back of the assignment is a note to the parents. It is so full of problems that I just about ran down the stairs (on my hurt ankle!) to write it up for you guys.
Everything here is exactly as written.
Dear parents,
today I have told your children what Speech Language Pathologist does and what he/she meant to help. Below are some general information about what we should expect at 6-7 years old and when to seek help.
What we should consider!
a. Fluency -get's stock on a word or a sound, making inappropriate pause, speaking too fast- becomes unintelligible.
b. Voice ( hoarse, harsh, screams a lot, at periods looses voice when speaking)
c. Articulation- actual sound production.
Here is the list of sounds and sound combinations which your children may not acquire yet;however, should by age 7. All other sounds should be present - you will hear a clear production of it. If you notice any deviation from this list, please don't hesitate and seek an evaluation of Speech Language Pathologist. Don't forget, the longer your child produces the sound incorrectly the longer it may take to correct it. Your child might be the next President of the United States!!!!
z,sl, sp, sw, th
e. Hering- please check hearing annually, especially if they have frequent ear infections!
e. A connection of all for functional communications- over all conversations, expression of thought, understanding others.
If you feel that your child has difficulty with any of the above listed criterions please consult a professional.
Websites: www.asha.org
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me at any time.
Best regards, NAME (NAME'S mom) Email NAME@aol.com
See, ladies and gentlemen, this is why you always need somebody to proofread your work. Maybe you're a poor typist, or learned English later in life, or went to a crappy school where nobody taught you how to punctuate. Maybe she typed this up in a bit of a rush. Regardless, it comes off as incredibly unprofessional. It is unprofessional, and when you're representing yourself as a member of your profession you want to look good! Heck, most of us want to look good all the time. I wouldn't stick a note in Evangeline's lunchbox that was this poorly edited. I have been known to rewrite notes just because I had too many crossouts.
This woman also gave her daughter a "creative" spelling of a common name. I had thought it was just in poor taste*, but now I wonder if she just didn't know better.
Maybe my mother would like to go in and talk about the importance of proofreading, and always writing, spelling, and punctuating correctly... or at least consistently.
*Creative spellings of common names mean your kid spends her life correcting people's spelling. I never understood why you'd want to do that to your kid. That's one thing a better orthography would fix, although no doubt to get any such thing pushed through you'd have to promise to let people keep their names as they are.
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Date: 2011-12-15 02:48 pm (UTC)