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Revisiting The Roles And Responsibilities Of Speech-Language Therapists In South African Schools, Anna Maria Wium, Brenda Louw
Revisiting The Roles And Responsibilities Of Speech-Language Therapists In South African Schools, Anna Maria Wium, Brenda Louw
Brenda Louw
Th e role of speech-language therapists (SLTs) in schools in South Africa needs to be revisited based on the changing educational needs in the country. This article builds on a paper by Kathard et al. (2011), which discussed the changing needs of the country with regard to the role of SLTs working in schools. South African policy changes indicated a shift from supporting the child to supporting the teacher, but also place more emphasis on the support of all learners in literacy in an effort to address past inequities. Th is paper addresses several of the questions that emerged from …