S.D. Admin. R. 24:05:24.01:22

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 24:05:24.01:22 - Criteria for articulation disorder

A student may be identified as having an articulation disorder if one of the following criteria exist:

(1) Performance on a standardized articulation test falls two standard deviations below the mean and intelligibility is affected in conversation;

(2) Test performance is less than two standard deviations below the mean but the student is judged unintelligible by the speech and language clinician and one other adult;

(3) Performance on a phonological assessment falls in the profound or severe range and intelligibility is affected in conversation;

(4) Performance on a phonological assessment falls in the moderate range, intelligibility is affected in conversation, and during a tracking period of between three and six months there was a lack of improvement in the number and type of errors; or

(5) An error persists six months to one year beyond the chronological age when 90 percent of students have typically acquired the sound based on developmental articulation norms.

S.D. Admin. R. 24:05:24.01:22

23 SDR 31, effective 9/8/1996.

General Authority: SDCL 13-37-1.1.

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-37-1.1.