Letter Home for a Harmonious School Year
Why not get the school year started off with a
special, personal note from YOU to the parents of your most challenging
students.
Dear
Parents,
As speech/language pathologist (SLP) at (name of school)
Elementary School, I look forward to working with (child's first name.) So much
fun and learning will take place this school year in the speech therapy and
classroom settings. (child's name) classroom teacher and I work closely to
accomplish all of (child's name) benchmarks and make sure that he/she enjoys
the art of learning and growing.
Children with autism present unique learning styles that
you, as parents, and I, as your child's SLP, should approach together in order
to improve his/her social, expressive, and receptive language skills. Sharing
across environments is important to learning and carryover. In other words, Success
Builds Success.
Welcome to the new school year. Please share with me one
or two exciting events that took place in your child or family's life over the
summer. I will use these for therapy activities: vocabulary, attention,
sequencing, categorization, imitation, choice, turn taking, and conversation.
If possible, please send pictures to enhance therapy goals appropriate to your
child.
Sincerely and with lots
of learning and fun ahead,
(SLP name)
As a parent, I would be
thrilled beyond belief to receive a letter like this from my child's SLP.
- Use this letter verbatim with only
the minimal changes indicated
- Modify this letter to meet your
needs more precisely
- Send your letter in an e-mail if you know
the parent's e-mail address (You
might be more likely to get pictures back through e-mail)
- Send your letter by regular mail
I
would love to know if you use this and what your response is from parents.
The
power of written communication is enormous and if you, the SLP, can establish a
warm, cozy communication pattern with parents, your year will be one filled
with harmony.
"Speech pathologists make good things
happen."