The correlation of students’ progress assessed by verbotonal teachers and speech and language pathologists and social support reported by parents

Abstract

The paper examines the differences and similarities in the assessments of verbotonal teachers and speech and language pathologists regarding the activities, educational habits, and progress of children with speech and language disorders and hearing impairments who are enrolled in the program of the elementary school at SUVAG Polyclinic. These assessments were compared with perceived social support reported by students’ parents. The research was conducted at the SUVAG Polyclinic Elementary School, Zagreb in 2019. Three groups of participants took part in the research: parents of children with speech and language disorders and hearing impairment, verbotonal teachers and SLPs of those children. The results of the research showed that there is a significant degree of harmonization in the assessment of the child’s activity and educational habits and progress by verbotonal teachers and SLPs. Parents’ reports regarding received social support differ from the opinion of the experts.