Speech Therapist - District Wide

SUMMARY

Public school Speech-Language Therapists work with both the general education and special education population with language handicaps, articulation deficits, dysfluencies and voice disorders.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
• Affords assistance and guidance to teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
• Provides thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech, voice, and language impairments.
• Performs screening to identify speech handicapped children at regular intervals and at specified levels.
• Affords appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual students' needs and correct existing speech or language handicaps.
• Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy by suggestions for the student's daily activities.
• Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.
• Supervises students

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree requirement, Masters preferred.
• Certification as Speech Therapist.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program;
• Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community;
• Ability to speak clear and concisely in written or oral communication.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is will regularly sit, and occasionally walk and stand.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee will continuously hear conversation in a quiet and/or noisy environment.