Speech Therapist

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Position / Title: Speech and Language Pathologist Bargaining Unit: ETA Department/Location: Special Education Work Days: 184 Reports To: Assistant Director of Special Education JD Revision Date: 06-14-2023 Supervises: N/A

Function / Position Summary

To work with parents, students, and staff to prevent, identify, evaluate, and remediate a wide range of oral communication problems, including articulation, voice, fluency, and language disorders.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Provide prevention services through consultation, in-service training, and communication with parents and parent groups.
• Identify students through pre-referral processes, screenings, and referrals for evaluation.
• Assess students using standardized or non-standardized measures, interpret results, write reports, share findings with stakeholders, determine eligibility, and develop IEPs.
• Manage caseload, provide direct remediation, collaborate with teachers, develop goals, document progress, and hold review meetings.
• Complete caseload records for funding purposes.
• Maintain student IEPs and evaluations using web-based software.
• Work collaboratively within a team setting.

Education

• Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement (Type 73, Type 10, or Type 03/09).
• Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Speech Language Pathologist License.
• Master’s degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology.

Environmental Conditions

• Work in noisy and crowded environments, indoors or outdoors.
• Fast-paced work with potential interruptions.
• Occasional travel to meetings outside the main site.
• Public contact requiring professional attire.

Physical Demands

• Prolonged sitting or standing.
• Occasional lifting or moving heavy objects.
• Stooping, bending, reaching as needed.

Terms of Employment

• Nine-month position (184 work days).

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Health Care Provider
• Industries:
  Primary and Secondary Education

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