Patricksburg Elementary School

My name is Angie Grimes and I have been the Speech-Language Pathologist at Gosport and Patricksburg Elementary schools for over 20 years! I am married and have 3 boys, 2 cats, and a gecko. In my free time I enjoy watching movies, scrapbooking, and playing games with my family.

What Do School Based SLPs Do?

We help students to:

speak with clarity
expand vocabulary and language skills
increase academic success
improve interpersonal communication skills
communicate with confidence

We help students with:

Speech sound disorders (articulation)
Fluency (stuttering)
Voice
Vocabulary
Receptive language (understanding language)
Expressive language (use of language)
Pragmatic Language (using language in social situations)

Ideas For Home

Read together. Talk about the pictures in the book. Ask questions about each page. Ask your child to retell a story. Ask them what might happen next.
Use everyday tasks to learn language. For example, if you watch a movie together, talk about the characters, what happened, likes and dislikes, etc. If you go to the grocery store, talk about what you are buying, why, what you are planning on making, etc.
Add on to what your child says so that they can hear and learn new vocabulary words, concepts, and language structures.
Model good speech by speaking clearly to your child.
Play fun sound and rhyming games. Listen to rhyming songs and books. Make up silly rhyming words.

Helpful Websites

If you have concerns with the development of a child between the ages of 0-3, contact First Steps. https://www.in.gov/fssa/firststeps/first-steps-offices/

https://mommyspeechtherapy.com

https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/Parent-Stim-Activities/