Speech Language Pathologist

Job Summary Under the direction of the Director of Student Support Services and Special Education, the Speech & Language Pathologist provides diagnosis, therapy, and consultative services for pupils with communicative disorders. Job Description /

Essential Elements:

Under the direction of the Special Education Director, the Speech & Language Pathologist identifies, assesses, and provides remediation therapy to students with speech and language disorders.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Screen, identify, assess, and develop recommendations for students with language, speech and hearing deficits.
• Notify teachers and administrators of identified language, speech, and hearing students, and develop an efficient schedule for working with such students.
• Plan short and long-range goals to meet the needs of each individual student's IEP.
• Hold group and individual parent conferences throughout the year to help parents develop a better understanding of the handicaps of their children and of the goals of the District speech program.
• Utilize community agencies and services as general resources and for specific cases requiring professional services beyond the level of the District speech program.
• Research new information regarding intervention/treatment techniques, methods, assessment materials, available resources and regularly communicate to staff.
• Cooperate with other staff in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems.
• Participate in site meetings, faculty meetings, IMP Conferences, and in-service training.
• Participate in child study meetings concerning children enrolled in the language, speech, and hearing program and provide student evaluations for child study assessment when requested.
• Facilitate workshops on Early Developmental Language Delays.
• Review/score Parent Language Survey.
• Be a member of Diagnostic Team.

Requirements /

Qualifications Comments and Other Information Annual Health Benefits Cap:

$8,533.30 All required documents must be valid and attached for application to be considered.