Welcome to Mrs. Stolp's Speech Language Therapy!!!!

I am super excited to spend the school year helping your student!!!

Meet the SLP: 

*I have been a school SLP in Tallahassee since 2007!!!

*I have a husband and two children, who also attending Hawks Rise years ago!!!

*I have lived in 5 states and 3 countries: New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Florida, England, Spain and, of course, the USA!!!

*Cooking and traveling are two of my favorite hobbies! I especially love traveling to try new foods!!!

What is Speech? What is Language?

Language is made up of socially shared rules that include the following:

*What words mean (i.e. "star" can refer to a bright object in the night sky or a celebrity)

*How to make new words (i.e. friend, friendly, unfriendly)

*How to put words together (i.e. "Mom walked ot the new store." rather than "Mom walk store new.")

*What word combinations are best in what situations (i.e. "Would you mind moving your foot?" could quickly change to "Get off my foot!)

Speech is the verbal means of communicating. Speech consists of the following:

*Articulation: How speech sounds are made (i.e. children must learn how to produce the "r" sound in order to say "read" instead of "wead")

*Voice: Use of the vocal folds and breathing to produce sounds (i.e. the voice can be abused from overuse or misuse and can lead to hoarseness or loss of voice).

Fluency: The rhythm of speech (i.e. hesitations or stuttering can affect fluency).

When a person has trouble understanding others (receptive language), or completely sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings (expressive language), then he or she has a language disorder.

When a person is unable to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently, or has problems with his or her voice, then he or she has a speech disorder.