Qualifications: Abilities: Demonstrate an understanding, patient, and receptive attitude toward students, particularly those exhibiting development delays; Appropriately manage student behavior and guide student toward more acceptable social behaviors; Appropriately administer basic first aid; Communicate effectively in oral and written form and, depending on the assignment, use manual communication techniques to communicate with the hearing impaired; Perform routine clerical tasks and operate a variety of educational and office related machines and equipment; Learn to utilize a variety of appropriate speech therapy materials and procedures in the enhancement of a training and educational environment; Understand and carry out oral and written directions; Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with children and adults; Access community resources to best serve infant/toddler and family needs; Work effectively in unsupervised and uncontrolled environments; Stoop, bend, crawl, lift 50 lbs., and see and hear sufficiently to perform the duties listed above. Summary: Under the supervision of a licensed Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP), a Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) assists in providing educationally related speech and language services to special education students according to each student's Individualized Education Program (IEP).