Atlanta Speech School

School in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States

Atlanta Speech School, Inc.

Atlanta Speech School logo

Address

3160 Northside Parkway, NW

Atlanta

Fulton County

Georgia

30327

United States

Coordinates| 33°50′28.96″N 84°25′19.73″W﻿ / ﻿33.8413778°N 84.4221472°W﻿ / 33.8413778; -84.4221472
Information
School type| Private
Founded| 1938
Founder| Katherine "Kitty" Hamm
Head of school| J. Comer Yates
Accreditations| SACS/SAIS Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC)

The Atlanta Speech School is a language and literacy school located in Atlanta, Georgia, established in 1938. The school provides educational and clinical programs. The Atlanta Speech School's Rollins Center provides professional development for teachers and educators in partner schools and preschools. The Rollins Center focuses on the eradication of illiteracy. The Rollins Center has an online presence called Cox Campus, which is an online learning environment with coursework targeted for the education of children age 0–8.

The four schools of the Atlanta Speech School are the Katherine Hamm Center, the Wardlaw School, Stepping Stones Preschool, and the Anne & Jim Kenan Preschool. The Clinic at Atlanta Speech School provides clinical services in Speech and Language Pathology, Audiology, and The Learning Lab for academic support and Occupational Therapy.

## School programs[edit]

### Katherine Hamm Center[edit]

The Katherine Hamm Center offers auditory-verbal education for children ages 0 to 5 who are deaf or hard of hearing. The goal of auditory-verbal programs is to enable students to communicate using listening and oral language rather than sign language.[1] Students enrolled in the Katherine Hamm Center use assisted listening devices such as cochlear implants and hearing aids and are prepared for mainstream classroom environments. The majority of students leaving the Hamm Center are mainstreamed into regular public and independent schools.[citation needed] The Katherine Hamm center has accreditations from Bright from the Start,[2] OPTION schools,[3] and Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC).

### Wardlaw School[edit]

The Wardlaw School enrolls elementary-age students with dyslexia. Instructors use a collaborative teaching model to provide individualized instruction for each student. The Wardlaw School is designed to be a short term learning environment, and has the goal of preparing students for a mainstream educational environment. The Wardlaw School is accredited by the Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC).[citation needed]

### Stepping Stones[edit]

Stepping Stones is a program that provides speech therapy for children ages 3–4 who may have developmental delays related to speech and language. The curriculum addresses student needs in regards to speech, language, and multisensory integration. Instructional teams consist of a speech-language pathologist, learning disability specialist, occupational therapist, and teacher assistant. The Stepping Stones program is accredited by Bright from the Start and the Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC).

### Anne & Jim Kenan Preschool[edit]

The Anne & Jim Kenan Preschool is a mainstream preschool program that serves children two to five years of age. It was established to transition student in the Atlanta Speech School's Katherine Hamm Center who are deaf or hard of hearing to mainstream schools. The program has a strong emphasis on oral language (oralism).

## Clinical and community programs[edit]

The Atlanta Speech School Clinics provide communication and literacy education. Atlanta Speech School Clinic clients range in age from infancy to late adulthood, and include members of the metro Atlanta and the state of Georgia community, as well as Atlanta Speech School students.

### Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Clinic[edit]

The Atlanta Speech School's Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Clinic provides evaluation and therapy for children and adults with speech, language and hearing difficulties. The Clinic serves as a referral source for Georgia's Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program and dispenses hearing aids for infants. The Hanen Program for parents of children with language delays is offered through the clinic. Therapists in the clinic also perform speech and hearing screenings for independent schools in the metro Atlanta area.

Therapy is available to treat persons with speech or language difficulties related to the following:

* Accent
* Aphasia
* Apraxia of Speech
* Articulation Disorders
* Auditory Processing Disorders
* Aural Habilitation/Auditory Training
* Cleft Palate
* Hearing Loss
* Phonological Disorders
* Phonological Processing Skills
* Spoken and Written Language Delays
* Stuttering
* Voice Disorders
* Word Retrieval/ Word Finding Difficulties

Services Provided:

* Diagnostic testing, evaluation and remediation
* Hearing evaluations, aural rehabilitation guidance
* Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) testing
* Hearing aid dispensing, programming and service
* Non-medical support prior to and following cochlear implantation

### Occupational Therapy Clinic[edit]

The Atlanta Speech School's Occupational Therapy Clinic serves children who experience difficulties in sensory integration, gross and fine motor coordination, visual-motor and handwriting skills, visual perception, independent self care, and feeding skills.

Services Provided:

* Diagnostic evaluations
* Intervention services
* Parent/teacher consultation

### Learning Lab[edit]

The Atlanta Speech School's Learning Lab is an individual or small group intervention program that serves individuals age four through college-age needing assistance to achieve academic success. Lab instructors use formal (standardized achievement) and non-formal (teacher-developed) assessment data to monitor progress. Upon request, instructors may consult with the student's teacher(s) or other professionals.[citation needed]

Academic Areas Served:

* Reading (decoding, comprehension, fluency)
* Written expression
* Language abilities
* Mathematics
* Organizational/Study skills

### Rollins Center for Language & Literacy[edit]

The Atlanta Speech School's professional development program is funded in part by the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation.

## Financial Aid[edit]

The Atlanta Speech School offers financial aid programs to clients in need, with costs covered by donors. Financial Aid is not available for the Anne & Jim Kenan Preschool.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing
2. ^ Bright from the Start landing page
3. ^ OPTION Schools landing page
4. ^ "Financial Aid". Atlanta Speech School. Retrieved 2022-04-06.

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