Speech Language Pathologist

Job Description: Speech Language Pathologist

Overview: A Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, serves a pediatric population of eligible students with disabilities ages 3 to 22 years across all public and non-public school settings in Beech Grove City Schools. The provision of Speech Therapy services may include evaluation, indirect and direct support, small group and/or whole group support, and consultation to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, and cognitive-communication.

Licensure: Under state regulations (Article 7) a Qualified Professional means one who has met state certification, licensing, registration, or other comparable requirements that apply to the area in which the individual is providing special education or related services.

Educational Responsibilities;

A Speech Language Pathologist in a school setting provides a special education service incorporated into an Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Responsibilities of the Speech Language Pathologist include:

• Planning and implementing a therapy program that addresses the goals/objectives/benchmarks in the IEP of students with disabilities on her/his caseload;
• Providing direct or consultative support intended to improve the educational outcomes for students with disabilities;
• Developing appropriate strategies and interventions utilizing evidence-based practices;
• Working collaboratively and cooperatively as part of a student-centered, multi-disciplinary team including parents, teachers, and other professionals;
• Completing all necessary paperwork in a timely and accurate manner;
• Supporting instruction to assigned students as addressed in the students' IEP;
• Acting as a consultant to promote and enhance access of education for special needs students;
• Recommending or providing instructional materials appropriate for the student's IEP;
• Providing input and assistance for classroom management as related to behavior plans and behavior management; and
• Integrating therapy services to enhance instruction within the classroom curriculum.

In addition, the Speech Language Pathologist is expected to:

• Collaborate with building principals and other professionals in providing services to students;
• Observe confidentiality requirements for identified students;
• Maintain scheduled consultation and collaboration with teachers appropriate for the student's IEP;
• Communicate the speech therapy requirements of the student's IEP in a manner that all professionals and paraprofessionals involved with individual students understand their responsibilities;
• Document daily service notes in respective therapy logs;
• Provide input or collaborate with the Teacher of Record/Teacher of Service in a timely manner for progress monitoring in the IEPs of students on the caseload through the Indiana IEP system;
• Assume responsibility for continued learning, which may include a fieldwork educator role

Diagnostic Responsibilities:

• Conduct assessments with interpretation, observations, interviews, history, standardized and non-standardized tests, and informal assessments related to referrals for an educational evaluation in accordance with Article 7 to provide information about a student's disability or suspected disability for the case conference.

Organizational Responsibilities:

• Adhere to the policies and procedures of the assigned schools.
• Attend required meetings and school related activities.
• Review emergency procedures with building staff to ensure students will be safe during a disaster (tornado, fire, earthquake, etc.).
• Submit required information for local, state, and federal reports.
• Notify Staff of any changes in student data or enrollment.
• Maintain a file for each student on the caseload.
• Provide a case conference committee with data to support the determination of discharge, summary of outcomes, and appropriate recommendations to maximize educational gains.
• Maintain a file for each student on the caseload.

Assistive Technology Responsibilities

• Provide input in our area of expertise for use in AT evaluations in collaboration with assistive the technology team
• Refer for a corporation-based AT evaluation per documented need and/or assist in the evaluation and recommendation for assistive technology;
• Provide training to teachers, paraprofessionals and other staff regarding the use of assistive technology as related to our area of expertise; and
• Attend training to update knowledge on new technology and best practices for teaching students.

Equipment Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all equipment remains in good working order, and report damaged equipment to the individual responsible for maintaining equipment inventory;
• Maintain an inventory of all assistive technology equipment for your caseload. (serial numbers, who has it, and where it is assigned)
• Share inventory with the district speech language pathologist department chair..

Other Duties and Responsibilities as May be Assigned