Speech-Language Pathology
Welcome to the Education Service Center (ESC) Region‑20 Speech Language Pathology Program! In support of ESC‑20’s commitment to provide trusted solutions that lead to student success, we partner with districts, charter schools, and speech language pathologist professionals to strengthen high-quality, procedurally aligned, and student-centered special education speech language pathology practices. Whether you are new to the field or an experienced practitioner, this program provides professional learning, timely guidance, practical resources, and opportunities for meaningful collaboration that facilitates service delivery to students who have communication disorders. Through our professional development opportunities we provide quality training that will enable licensed Speech Language Pathologists and Speech Language Pathology Assistants to remain current in their knowledge and skills as well as obtain the continuing education hours required for annual licensure renewal.
Our Services
The ESC‑20 SLP Program strives to be a trusted and responsive partner to the educational community by providing regional leadership, professional development, technical assistance, consultation, and resources related to communication disorders.
Our services are designed to strengthen local capacity, support continuous improvement, and help speech language pathology teams make comprehensive, compliant, and educationally meaningful decisions that contribute to student success. Support is available through regional and customized professional development, speech language pathology networks, collaborative consultation, practical resources, and individualized technical assistance in areas including:
- Speech, language, articulation, voice, and fluency disorders
- Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) best practices
- Speech and language therapy
- Caseload vs. workload service delivery
- Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS)
- State and professional licensing regulations
- Supervision of SLP-As licensing requirements and documentation
- Licensure renewal and continuing education hours (CEUs)
- SLP Master's Degree distance learning program
- Medicaid and SHARS billing documentation
- State and federal compliance in IEP and ARD process considerations
- Early intervention, referral, and evaluation planning
- Evaluation timelines and procedural requirements
- Comprehensive evaluation and multidisciplinary decision-making
- Disability condition criteria and special education eligibility
- Collection and interpretation of multiple sources of data
- Bilingual and emergent bilingual evaluation considerations
- Evaluation report writing and educational impact statements
- Using evaluation data to inform present levels, IEP development, accommodations, and instructional planning
Celebrate an SLP
Great work happens every day across Region 20- and we want to celebrate the professionals making it happen. I would love to highlight the incredible work happening across our region. If you have a success story, a helpful resource, or words of encouragement for your fellow SLPs send them a shout out! Your experiences helps strengthen and inspire our community of SLPs.
Speech-Language Pathology Master’s Degree Program
To help meet the critical need for licensed speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in Texas public schools, Texas Woman’s University (TWU), the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Texas Education Service Centers (ESCs), and local school districts have partnered to offer a unique, distance-based master’s degree program in Speech-Language Pathology.
