The following navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Left and right arrows move through main tier links and expand / close menus in sub tiers. Up and Down arrows will open main tier menus and toggle through sub tier links. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items.
The following navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Left and right arrows move through main tier links and expand / close menus in sub tiers. When focused on Expand / Collapse button, use Up, Down and Enter buttons to open sub navigation. Up and Down arrows will sort sub tier links. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items.
"Speech and Language instruction is the art and science of providing intervention to persons with communication impairments that adversely impact educational performance"(PA Department of Education)
Speech-language disabilities are one of the most common disability categories in children. In 2022-2023, 14% of the special education population, or 45,080 K-12 students, were identified in PA schools as having a primary Speech or Language Impairment. The goal of the PaTTAN Speech-Language Initiative is to provide training and technical assistance to school-based SLPs across the Commonwealth, thereby improving service delivery and outcomes for students
The Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) Speech-Language Initiative is excited to share new PD opportunities for the 2026-2027 school year.
Dates,times, and topics are subject to change.
Four-part virtual networking series for school-based Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapy Practitioners, and Physical Therapy Practitioners, focusing on effective and evidence-based strategies to provide therapy in classroom-based ("push-in") environments and strategies to collaborate with classroom staff.
Three-part virtual networking series for Supervisors of school-based Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapy Practitioners, and Physical Therapy Practitioners, focusing on trending topics in the field, including the difference between eligibility/"dismissal" criteria for school-age services and EI services, Secondary Transition plans/Indicator 13, and the use of SLP, OT, and PT Assistants in school settings.
Half-day webinars on the following dates and topics:
In-person, full day competency-based training for Speech-Language Pathologists new to school settings (within the past 5 years).
Asynchronous Schoology course with anticipated start date of fall, 2026.
Registration for the above training opportunities will be available on the PaTTAN Training Calendar closer to the start dates:
PaTTAN Events Calendar