Working With Adolescents

This page includes information on assessment, service delivery models, developmental milestones, literacy, fluency, pragmatics, and suggestions for motivating adolescents.

ASHA Practice Policy Documents

• Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents: Position Statement
• Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents: Guidelines
• Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists With Respect to Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents
• Adolescent Literacy and Older Students with Learning Disabilities

ASHA Journal Articles

Assessment

• Language Assessment in Adolescents: Addressing Critical Issues
• Developmental Markers in Adolescent Language: Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics

Service Delivery Models

• Service Delivery Models for Adolescents with Language Disorders
• Adolescent Language Programs

Language Development in Adolescents

• Infusing Language Enhancement Into Reading Curriculum for Disadvantaged Adolescents [PDF]
• Speech and Language Skills in Children and Adolescents with Down's Syndrome

Improving Literacy Skills in Adolescents

• Assessment and Intervention in Overcoming Writing Difficulties: An Illustration From the Self-Regulated Strategy Development Model

Fluency Therapy With Adolescents

• Helping Adolescents Who Stutter Focus on Fluency

Pragmatics and Executive Functioning in Adolescents

• What Are Executive Functions and Self-Regulation and What Do They Have To Do With Language-Learning Disorders?
• When "Emily Dickinson" Met "Steven Spielberg": Assessing Social Information Processing in Literacy Contexts
• Importance of Selected Communication Skills for Talking With Peers and Teachers: Adolescents' Opinions

Motivating Adolescents

• Second Chances: Improving Decoding Skills in the Older Student
• Adolescent Pragmatic Skills: A Comparison of Latino Students in English as a Second Language and Speech and Language Programs

Related Resource

Guidance and Career Counselors Toolkit [PDF] Advising High School Student with Disabilities on Post-Secondary Options