About this role
QUALIFICATIONS
- 1. Minimum of Speech and Language Pathology certificate issued by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission or CCC-SLP Certification from ASHA.
- 2. Minimum of Master's degree in Speech and Language Pathology.
- 3. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
- Provides a therapeutic program to meet individual needs of speech and hearing handicapped children.
- Assists and guides teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
- Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of articulation, voice, hearing, stuttering, and language impairments.
- Provides screening to identify speech handicapped children at regular intervals and at specified levels.
- Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate.
- Provides appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual students needs and to correct existing speech or language handicaps.
- Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy by making suggestions for the students daily activities.
- Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.
- Provides in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school members on topics concerning speech improvement.
- Keeps thorough ongoing records for the individual student receiving therapy or other school-provided speech services.
- Maintains lists of referred, screened, and eligible students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists, and related services.
- Compiles case history data on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
- Assumes primary responsibility for requisitioning and maintaining needed equipment and supplies.