Speech Language Pathologist Summary

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Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools’ Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Tracie Guggenheim has been busy working to help other SLPs, as well as students with communication disorders, achieve academic success.

On June 8, Guggenheim hosted a workshop and professional development session for 53 area speech language pathologists. The focus of the workshop was on narrative language skills and strategies to help children improve these skills to succeed in school and life. These skills impact a person’s ability to retell a personal experience and/or retell a story. Without these skills, basic verbal communication, reading and writing are difficult.

Besides helping students and other SLPs in the area, Guggenheim sits on a committee for the American

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