Each of us, as special education professionals, are considered experts in our field.  Speech pathologists (SLP) know communication, occupational therapists (OT) understand fine motor control, social workers (SW) treat social emotional challenges, and so on.  However, there are so many aspects of development and academic skill building that require multiple systems; rarely is a skill isolated to only speech or only cognition.  For example, the skill of reading aloud in class requires knowledge of the content (teacher), language comprehension and reading fluency (SLP), visual motor integration (OT), and confidence to speak in front of one’s peers (SW).  As another example, research has found that …