title: "What Isn't Language?": A Qualitative Study of the Role of the School Speech-Language Pathologist.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) carry out their roles in the schools. The focus was on language as a domain of specialization and roles relative to other remedial educators.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was a qualitative constant-comparative design. Five Wyoming school SLPs and 15 teachers from their five schools participated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed that language was difficult to define and delimit. Language was present throughout the curriculum and all of the educators taught it. The SLPs and resource teachers demonstrated similar types of language instruction. Oral language and speech were clearly specialty domains of the SLPs. The SLPs were also distinctive in terms of the instructional framework and service delivery structure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings contribute to understanding the role of SLPs in the schools and how these roles complement and overlap with other remedial educators.
authors.affiliation: University of Wyoming, Laramie.
authors.forename: Teresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ukrainetz
authors.affiliation: University of Wyoming, Laramie.
authors.forename: Elena F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Fresquez