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Communication Skills

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Communication Skills

The Speech and Language Department focuses on communication skills based on the student’s needs, developmental level, and the future environments where our students are destined for their next progressive step toward increased independence during educational and post graduate programming.

Support for academic content is provided through language acquisition and vocabulary development relating to core content and curricular topics. As language is necessary in all subjects, the support of a SLP can increase competency in receptive learning, expressive language, and overall content knowledge.

Functional areas of life are also a large focus of the Speech and Language Department. By working on social pragmatic skills useful for vocational settings, community participation, home life, and social groups, students are prepared for all current environments as well as their future opportunities.

Learning to communicate is the key to socialization. Each SLP considers the student’s social developmental level and creates goals and objectives to help the student reach the highest level of communication and, ultimately the highest level of independence possible.

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The Gengras Center

The Gengras Center, founded by the University of Saint Joseph in 1965, is a state-approved private special education school that provides for the educational and vocational needs of students ages 5-21, and serves as a laboratory school for USJ's education and social services majors.

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