SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST ASSISTANT (SLPA) 26/27 SY - Exceptional Student Services 1.0

Speech Language Pathology Assistant

Supports District schools and principals in their effort to foster an optimal educational environment for students. Provide support and service to students under the supervision of a speech language pathologist.

Major tasks include:

• Conducts speech and language screenings, providing results upon consultation with SLP supervisor
• Prepares initial, annual and transition IEPs, with corresponding paperwork, given a menu of possible goals/objectives from diagnostic reports, clinical observations and professional judgments/input supplied by SLP supervisor.
• Presents initial, annual and transition IEPs reviewed by SLP supervisor at IEP team meetings.
• Determines treatment and implements methods appropriate to student's disorder for which the assistant has received training and with input from SLP supervisor.
• Prepares and implements materials and activities appropriate to IEP goals, student's needs, and treatment setting.
• Plans lessons and strategies to integrate communication goals into student's daily routine with team members as needed.
• Collects and maintains data, documentation of contact and files
• Provides home suggestions/programs pertinent to student from approved/reviewed sources by SLP supervisor.
• Participates in parent-teacher/team conferences and provides on-going progress updates to team with SLP supervisor support.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications include:

• A communication disorder or speech-language pathology baccalaureate degree from an accredited university OR an associate degree in speech-language pathology from an accredited university or community college.
• No fewer than 100 supervised clinical practicum hours with ages 3-22 years.

Essential skills and abilities include:

Physical demands include regular and reliable attendance, sitting, talking, hearing, standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools and/or controls, and reaching with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment characteristics include a usually moderate noise level.

Supervision received from: Director of Exceptional Student Services. Evaluation at least once annually by the administrator in accordance with the policy of the Governing Board. Grade 31 on the 23/24 SY Salary Schedule.