JOB SUMMARY
Speech/Language Therapist, under supervision of the site Principal and/or designee, provide service for students who have speech, language, and/or hearing handicaps.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge and Application of:
Child development; Physiological aspects of speech and hearing; Knowledge of state criteria for speech and hearing special education eligibility.
Ability to:
>Work confidentially
>Assess students to clarify strengths and deficits in speech and hearing, communicate child’s needs and program options in speech and hearing
>See for purposes of reading printed matter and observing students
>Hear and understand speech at normal levels
>Walk over rough and uneven terrain, play yards and school grounds
>Communicate so others will be able to clearly understand normal conversation
>Lift, carry, push, pull, bend, twist, stoop, kneel, run, and crawl
>Perform light physical exertion
>Lift 25 pounds
>Carry 15 pounds
>Reach in all directions (physically)
>Stand, sit and walk for extended periods of time
>Work at a desk, conference table or in meetings of various configurations
>Read, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, policies and procedures
>Meet schedules and deadlines
>Plan and organize vs. utilize time management and organizational skills
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THIS POSITION
May include, but not limited to:
- Participate in identification, evaluation, admission, and placement of pupils as a member of the Individual Educational Plan Team
- Establish the extent and severity of speech, language, and hearing handicaps and make recommendations for enrollment to IEP Team
- Participate in the development of IEP’s for pupils with speech, language and hearing deficits
- Implement the prescriptive programs and recommendations of the LSH specialist on the IEP team through the scheduling to individual and/or group therapy sessions. Report student progress through conferences with teachers, parents, and other school personnel
- Provide language, speech, and hearing therapy to pupils in regular and special class who meet criterion for service
- Refer pupils, when indicated, to nurses, psychologists, and others for further evaluations related to their speech, language, and hearing problems
- Maintain appropriate files and records on each student
- Confer with parents and professional staff members on student’s progress
- Attend staff and in-service meetings as required
- Interpret the communicatively handicapped program to school personnel and the community
- Provide in-service regarding language, speech, and hearing to regular and special education staff
- Performs related duties as assigned
Education/Experience:
Must possess any one or more of the following credentials: Clinical Rehabilitative Services Credential (language, speech, hearing); Specialist in Special Education Credential is communication handicaps with advance specialization in language, speech and hearing; Restricted credential in speech and hearing therapy; Exceptional children credential (speech correction and lip reading); Special secondary credential in the correction of speech defects; Or other California credential applicable to this position.