.4 Speech and Language Pathologist/Secondary Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) work with students exhibiting the full range of communication disorders including those involving language articulation (speech sound disorders) fluency voice/resonance and swallowing. SLPs responsibilities include:
- Conducting assessments in collaboration with others that help to identify students with communication disorders as well as to inform instruction and intervention.
- Determining if the disorder has an impact on the education of students. Therefore SLPs address personal social/emotional academic and vocational needs that have an impact on attainment of educational goals.
- Providing assistance in addressing the linguistic and metalinguistic foundations of curriculum learning for students with disabilities as well as specific intervention regarding the acquisition of reading and written language skills.
- Providing intervention that is appropriate to the age and learning needs of each individual student and is selected through an evidence-based decision-making process.
- Providing a continuum of service delivery models in the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities.
- Gathering and interpreting data with individual students as well as overall program evaluation are essential responsibilities.
- Collaborating with other school professionals families and outside agencies.
- Meeting federal and state mandates as well as local policies in performance of their duties. Activities may include Individualized Education Program (IEP) development Medicaid activities report writing and treatment plan/therapy log development.