Speech Language Pathologist - All Levels

The speech-language pathologist is responsible for evaluating and providing speech-language services to students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.

• Supervises speech-language assistants as per state regulations.

• Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program to promote students' receptive and expressive language skills for school success.

• Provides an individualized education program to meet individual needs of speech-language disabled students.

• Assists and guides teachers in the understanding of normal and disordered developmental milestones and referring suspected and identified speech-language disabilities.

• Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech-language disorders and disabilities using culturally and linguistically appropriate methods.

• Provides screening to identify students with suspected speech-language disabilities.

• Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate.

• Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement age and linguistically appropriate accommodations and intervention strategies in the classroom.

• Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate in a multicultural and multilingual setting.

• Provides in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning first and second language acquisition and speech-language disorders/disabilities.

• Keeps thorough ongoing records for individual students receiving speech-language services.

• Maintains lists of referred, screened, and eligible students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists and related services.

• Compiles case history date on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
• Keeps track of and inventories speech-language evaluation tools and intervention materials in the schools.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB:

(Minimum requirements)

• Maintains and manages a caseload comprised of speech-language disabled students in the schools.
• Works collaboratively with the Evaluation Team Leader and school team to develop educationally based IEPs for speech-language disabled students.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1.Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
2.Certificate of Clinical Competence or Clinical Fellowship Candidacy, ASHA
3.MA DESE License and MA State License in Speech-Language Pathology (All Grade Levels)