Administrative Skills, Child Development, Communication Skills, Communicative Disorders, Documentation, Educational Administration, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Medical Conditions, Record Keeping, Regulatory Compliance, Reimbursement, Schedule Development, Special Education, Speech and Language Pathology, Training Program, Training/Teaching Curriculum, Treatment Plan, Writing Skills
Job Title: Speech Language Assistant
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt-Professional
Reports to: Special Education Director
Pay Grade: AE1
Campus: Principal
Dept.: School Special Education Department
Initiated Date: January 30, 2006
Funding Source: 192 Special Education/Local
Revised Date: January 24, 2021
District Primary Purpose:
To assist and promote La Joya ISD in implementing a rigorous curriculum and instructional program that supports student success and achievement.
Department Primary Purpose:
To perform tasks prescribed, directed, and supervised by Certified Speech Language Pathologists.
Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelors Degree in Communication Disorders
- Valid Texas License as Speech Pathologist Assistant
Experience/Knowledge:
- Knowledge of physical, mental, and emotional child development
- Specific communications disorders remediation techniques
- Related medical conditions
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
- Assist with informal documentation as directed by the Speech Language-Pathologist.
- Follow documented treatment plans or protocols developed by the supervising Speech Language Pathologist.
- Provide speech therapy services as prescribed by the students IEP.
- Document patient/client performance, e.g., tallying data for the speech-language pathologist to use, preparing charts, records, and graphs, and report this information to the supervising speech language pathologist.
- Assist with clerical duties such as preparing materials and scheduling activities as directed by the speech-language pathologist.
- Perform checks and maintenance of equipment.
- Assist with departmental operations, scheduling, record keeping, safety, maintenance of supplies, and Equipment.
- Exhibit compliance with regulations, reimbursement requirements, and speech-language pathology assistants job responsibilities.
- Maintain confidentiality of all student information and all aspects of the special education department.
- Perform other duties pertaining to special education as assigned by the Director.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Mental Demands:
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing
- Ability to instruct
- Maintain emotional control under stress
Physical Demands:
- Regular in-district travel
- Moderate lifting and carrying
POSITION WORKING DAYS: 187 Days
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La Joya Independent School District