Speech Language Pathologist

Job Description - Speech Language Pathologist

Qualifications: Indiana Teaching License in Speech Language

Reports to: Director of Special Services or his/her designee

Job Goal: To help reduce/eliminate/accommodate speech, language, and hearing disorders within the individual student's ability to derive full benefit from the corporations' educational program.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Provides screening to identify possible speech and language impairments. Assists with the hearing screening process.
• Provides assessment/diagnosis of speech, voice, hearing, auditory perception, and language impairments.
• Compiles data on student's history: health, family, early developmental, and environmental as required for assessment.
• Writes/implements the Individual Education Plan
• Provides a therapeutic program to meet individual needs of students with disabilities in the areas of speech, language, and hearing-impaired; cooperates with the classroom teachers and staff members to implement therapy via suggestions for the student's daily activities.
• Maintains records and submits all required reports and documentation of students receiving therapy or other school-provided speech services.
• Is a resource person to staff members in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech and language impairments.
• Assists/guides teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
• Requisitions required supplies and maintains equipment and supplies.
• Provides in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning speech improvement.
• Performs other reasonably-related duties as may be assigned by the Director of Special Services.

Terms of Employment:

Days and salary established by the teacher's contract of the school corporation which employs the SLP.

Evaluation:

According to each school corporations' teacher contract policy.