Improving Speech Services for Hearing-Impaired Children in the Schools

Abstract

The cooperative efforts of a research facility, university training programs, and local school programs providing speech services to hearing-impaired children have resulted in the development of an experimental consortium of preservice and inservice education. The process of that development is described, including (a) a summary of a Preservice-Inservice Speech Training Project, (b) activities related to the preparation of professional personnel in preservice training programs, and (c) the design and implementation of a regionally based inservice training program for local school personnel. A working model for the development of a consortium is suggested.