Speech Pathologist

Job Goal

To identify children with speech, language, hearing, or other communication disorders and to plan and implement an effective speech/language therapy program for those children.

Qualifications (Minimum Education, Licensure, Skills, and/or Experience):

• Master's degree in Speech/Language Therapy
• Meet all Louisiana Department of Education certification requirements for school based speech-language pathologists
• Preferred Qualification: Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with the identification of children with speech, language, and/or hearing problems that need rehabilitative speech, language, and or hearing therapy.
• Provide guidance to teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech, language, and hearing impairments
• Interpret diagnostic results. Write appropriate and accurate reports of results.
• Select appropriate form and informal testing instruments and procedures for screening speech and language skills of referred children.
• Conduct or participate in the evaluation and placement in programs and dismissal/exit out of programs for speech, language, and/or hearing impaired children in accordance with Louisiana Department of Education and district guidelines.
• Design and provide a therapeutic individualized education program (IEP) to meet the needs of children in accordance with state and district guidelines.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and other staff members to implement therapy procedures that will improve student performance in the classroom.
• Monitor ongoing performance of children and access progress at regular intervals and report process at designated times.
• Perform other job-related duties as required.

Physical Demands:

• Light: Exerts up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force frequently; involves frequent sitting.

Terms of Employment:

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel (Bulletin 130).