This self-study gives school practitioners resources to assess, identify, and treat pediatric voice disorders in the school setting. Clinicians can confidently begin to administer these screening instruments (designed and field-tested by experts specifically for public school use), apply therapy techniques, and share educational materials with colleagues and families.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• describe differences in the vocal anatomy in children compared to adults
• discuss clinical practice issues related to providing voice intervention in schools
• describe the role of the school SLP in the assessment and treatment of paradoxical vocal fold motion in children
• discuss key issues specific to communication assessment and intervention in children with voice disorders
• describe the etiology and speech characteristics of children with velopharyngeal dysfunction, as well as evaluation and treatment techniques