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"SOS is so practical and effective. I've been waiting for years for someone to creatively package an approach that is systematic, yet flexibly so, as well as functional. The flexibility of this program can especially be demonstrated in my ability to use SOS  when I do whole-class speech and language lessons or traditional small group therapy. With a caseload of 60, I feel like I finally have a way to successfully address all of my student's goals each week!"

—T.D.,  Speech-Language Pathologist

Work with several diagnostic groups in the same session!

Strategy-Based Instruction For the School-Age Population

Group Therapy Tool

Overwhelmed with large and diverse caseloads, limited therapy time, poor student transition of newly learned skills, changes in service delivery models, and a lack of functionally based treatment programs? SOS can help! SOS is a complete strategy-based, group therapy program for all diagnostic groups, including school-age and adolescent students struggling with language, cognition, speech, voice, fluency and articulation. SOS strategies are taught using one, highly flexible (DOES) delivery model to ensure student retention, comprehension, application and success! Includes everything needed to quickly and easily implement this program.

• Use of a SOS mnemonic and the D.O.E.S. Delivery Model in each unit allows you to flexibly and appropriately group students with different skill levels resulting in a manageable schedule.
• SOS lessons are easy to incorporate in to core curriculum without additional preparation.
• Parent and Teacher Educational Brochures and Letters are a great way to introduce yourself, your services and the SOS Strategy Program to staff, parents, teachers and IEP team members.
• Reproducible, functional activities reduce your preparation time and make caseload management easier.
Measurable Benchmark Goals and Objectives are provided for individual strategy units.

VOLUME 2: SPEECH-FLUENCY-VOICE

Strategy Units Included:

• Intelligibility
• Speech Production of Specific Sounds
• Fluency Awareness
• Fluency Techniques
• A Healthy Voice
• Vocal Quality

MAJOR BENEFITS OF USING SOS:  

• Caseload management is made easier by allowing you greater flexibility   for grouping more students with different skill levels since  everyone works from his or her own SOS strategy program but has the same delivery model.
• Planning for therapy is significantly reduced because the strategy reinforcement lessons are taught through the "D.O.E.S." delivery model that has built-in lesson structure.
• SOS transitions smoothly into the classroom and teachers can reinforce the strategies. SOS also allows you to naturally implement core curriculum into your program, which is the expectation of IDEA, No Child Left Behind and new IEP regulations.
• Parents, teachers and administrators become aware of how you are working with students. They see the improvement and can help reinforce your efforts.
• Students learn their skills more quickly allowing: sessions to be decreased, fewer prompts, less structure or dismissal from caseload.

To purchase both SOS Volumes 1 & 2, visit 'More Offerings By This Author'. 

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Customer Reviews

 "I attended your training in Albuquerque and have been on the road to full implementation of the SOS therapy delivery model ever since. In fact, full implementation of SOS with all my SLI students at the middle school is my professional development plan (PDP) this school year.

I'm writing to thank you. Last week I "defined" SOS with every student on my caseload (~ 70). It was the first week that I felt like a speech-language pathologist again after coming back to the schools from a medical setting two years ago!! They use a "full inclusion" model for service delivery at this middle school. Without the answers your SOS training provided last February, I probably was not going to be able to maintain my sanity.

I do not have words to express my appreciation. Your impact is felt here at my middle school every day and people are starting to take notice. I do not have words to express my appreciation. I hope that you are still able to provide training to other SLPs who are as desperate as I was for answers."
—K.M., Speech-Language Pathologist

"SOS is so practical and effective. I've been waiting for years for someone to creatively package an approach that is systematic, yet flexibly so, as well as functional. The flexibility of this program can especially be demonstrated in my ability to use SOS when I do whole-class speech and language lessons or traditional small group therapy. With a caseload of 60, I feel like I finally have a way to successfully address all of my student's goals each week!"
—T.D., Speech-Language Pathologist

"We have taught SOS strategies for the past three years in our 2nd/3rd grade collaborative classroom. All of our students, special ed and general ed, have benefited from the learning, practice and application of the real-life skills in the SOS Program. Ruth and Liz have made teaching the skills easy and learning the skills fun."
—C.C., Special Day Class Teacher & M.H., 2nd-Grade General Education Teacher

"In using the SOS system here at Santiago Hills Elementary School, we found great success providing strategies for students struggling with certain behaviors. When children don't have the internal workings to process through a logical progression of decision making, the SOS program provides that framework, systematic checking system, and appropriate language to effectively solve issues. We have found it valuable, not just in solving problems or issues, but in empowering students to be better, independent problem solvers in life."
—S.M., Elementary School Principal

Target Audience

Speech-Language Pathologists, Special Educators and Resource Teachers working with school-age & adolescent children with goals in the areas of speech, voice, fluency and articulation.

Author

Elizabeth Peterson, MA, CCC-SLP, has over 15 years of clinical experience working with adults and children who have speech delays and/or language, cognitive and voice disorders. Her speech pathology practice is dedicated to business professionals working toward improved communication skills with custom designed accent reduction and executive speech therapy and voice improvement programs. Elizabeth also offers a full speech pathology practice addressing preschool, school age and adolescent needs by offering speech therapy programs that are specific for speech delays and language disorders, as well as offering strategies for learning disabilities that promote academic success. Her adult neurological background is extensive and offers adult rehabilitation services in the areas of stroke, brain injury and neurological disease. As of 2009, Ms. Peterson became a board member for the Colorado Speech Language Hearing Association. She also consults on the Traumatic Brain Injury Team for the Cherry Creek School District. Among other publications, Elizabeth is author of:

• Functional Learning For The Home And Community

   

• Functional Adult Screen Tool (FAST)

   

• SOS: Strategies Offer Solutions for the School-Age Population

   

Ruthann Jarvis, MA, CCC-SLP, graduated from California State University-Long Beach. She began her career as a Speech-Language Pathologist in 1983 at the Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders in Long Beach, California. She currently works in the Irvine Unified School District in California. Throughout her career she has worked in a variety of positions including: Special Education Teacher, Speech-Language Pathologist, Parent-Child Advocate, Master Teacher Supervisor, and Private Practice Clinician. Her work has focused primarily with students ranging in age from 18 months to 13 years. Areas of particular interest include: Early-Language Development, Strategy-Based Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Tourette syndrome. In addition, Ruthann is the co-author of S.O.S. — Strategies Offer Solutions: Functional Life Strategies and Skills (2006), which addresses speech, language and cognition skills for the school-age population. Her emphasis has always been to empower her students by teaching and training strategies they can own for life.