Speech Pathologist
Speech Pathologist
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Job Description
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):
- Masters degree in Speech/Language Therapy
- Meet all Louisiana Department of Education certification requirements for school based speechlanguage pathologists
- Preferred Qualification: Masters Degree in SpeechLanguage 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 jobrelated 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 Boards policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel (Bulletin 130).
Employment Type
Full-Time
