Speech and Language Pathologist

TITLE: SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

QUALIFICATIONS: As set by State Certification authorities

REPORTS TO: Special Education Coordinator/School Principals

JOB GOAL: To help reduce or eliminate speech and hearing impediments that interfere with the individual student's ability to derive full benefit from the district's educational program.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
2. Provides a therapeutic program to meet individual needs of speech and hearing handicapped children.
3. Assists and guides teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
4. Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech, voice, hearing, and language impairments.
5. Provides screening to identify speech-handicapped children at regular intervals and at specified levels.
6. Provides appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual students' needs and correct existing speech or language handicaps.
7. Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy by suggestions for the student's daily activities.
8. Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.
9. Provides in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning speech improvement.
10. Keeps thorough ongoing records for the individual student receiving therapy or other school-provided speech services.
11. Maintains lists of referred, screened, and eligible students, specialists, and related services.
12. Assumes primary responsibility for requisitioning and maintaining needed equipment and supplies.
13. Prepares and administers the annual budget for speech therapy services.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually.