Rachel H. Bonbrest,MS, CCC, SLP #03792

 Speech Language Pathologist at Urbana Middle School

Please feel free to contact me anytime at : Rachel.Bonbrest@fcps.org

or at Urbana Middle School at 240-566-9309

Hours: Will vary but I will check messages every other day. I am usually here Wednesdays and Thursdays. 

A speech therapist or a speech and language pathologist,
is a specialist in speech and language instruction and difficulties; We work with students who have communication needs related to articulation of words and sounds with their mouths; we ALSO work with students who have difficulty using language, expressing themselves, understanding, remembering or  recalling words and ideas; We provide services to students who have language delays or disorders, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders,hearing deficits, autism, speech motor coordination difficulties and many more people. 

What is Language? 

Here is one definition:

*human speech, spoken or written, or signed, includes gestural and  all communication including facial expressions, and body postures...

 Without language men would be like animals. Language is the basis of man's uniqueness, and the essence of his culture (Scientific American). Language is a set of habits. Like other habits, they are easily formed in early life and difficult to change later (Yuen Ren Chao). *1

                                                   So What  is Speech  you ask?

• the act of speaking; uttering of words or sentences; talk: Men... express their thoughts by speech (George Berkeley). SYNONYM(S): discourse.
• the power of speaking: using your teeth, tongue, lips, nose, airway, vocal folds and  vocal tract .
• manner of speaking; dialect, language, or tongue: His speech showed that he was from the South. The native speech of most Americans is English. *2

 Definition above were taken from© 2006 World Book, Inc. All rights reserved. WORLD BOOK and the GLOBE DEVICE are registered trademarks or trademarks of World Book, Inc.  With some additions.