This report evaluates the availability of speech-language pathologists, audiologists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to provide federally required services to students with disabilities in Ohio schools. Findings include the following: (1) while there is a general shortage of therapists, schools tend to have more difficulty…

The general status of Ohio's school program of speech and hearing therapy is described in terms of its historical perspective and past achievements, the present status of therapist employment, percentages of trained personnel provided by various universities, and suggestions for needed research. Information concerning program standards includes…

Record and report forms for speech and hearing programs in Ohio are provided for the following areas: speech evaluation (including the articulation test, audiometric evaluations, peripheral speech mechanism and muscle coordination, voice, skill of expression, classification of speech problem, related data, and remarks and recommendations);…