Speech Therapist

Mission

Mission: Our mission at International School of Louisiana is to provide a challenging education emphasizing language immersion, international awareness, the celebration of diversity and community responsibility. The employee must understand and support the school mission.

Summary: To help reduce or eliminate speech and hearing impediments that interferes with the individual student’s ability to derive full benefit from ISL educational program. Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, school-based speech therapist provide prevention, assessment, and remediation services for students who exhibit difficulties in the areas of language, speech, voice and fluency. These services are designed to help children meet their educational goals.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned. All of the standards must be complied with, including, but not limited to the following areas.

• Organizes a program that addresses school speech-language goals.
• Works cooperatively with school personnel to accomplish the goals and objectives of the local education agency.
• Coordinates speech-language services with student services provided by other school personnel.
• Maintains records of the speech-language program and prepares periodic reports as required.

• Conducts speech, language and hearing screenings.
• Administers formal and informal (ongoing & curriculum-based) assessments.
• Obtains additional diagnostic information from appropriate persons and available records for speech-language purposes.
• Analyses and interprets information to make recommendations regarding the need for speech-language services.
• Language and hearing programs.
• Provides information to parents and teachers about speech, language and hearing development.

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of communicative disorders.
• Collaborates/consults with classroom teachers in the management of speech-language disorders.
• Plans evidence-based interventions appropriate for individual students and groups of students.
• Uses evidence-based methods and techniques appropriate to stated objectives.
• Manages the facilities, materials and equipment, including assistive technology, necessary to the delivery
• Adjusts intervention strategies based upon student performance.
• Promotes effective interpersonal relations with students.

• Prompt and timely attendance during school hours
• Demonstrates knowledge and use of statewide testing procedures.
• Abides by professional code of ethics.
• Develops appropriate IEPs based on students' strengths & needs.
• Demonstrates awareness of professional performance in due process matters and litigious environments.
• Manages time efficiently.
• Engages in continuing education and professional growth activities related to speech language hearing and education.
• Provides consultation to parents, teacher and other appropriate school personnel.
• Seeks the assistance of teachers, parents and others to meet the communication needs of students.
• Consults/communicates with non-school agencies to enhance services.
• Makes recommendations and referrals for audiological/medical and related services.
• 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 students with speech and hearing impairments.
• Assists and guide teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
• Serves as a member of the multidisciplinary evaluation team and provides a comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of speech, voice, hearing and language impairments.
• Develops compliant speech evaluation reports from assessments conducted. Prepares and disseminates the completed evaluation or speech component within mandated timelines.
• Delivers speech and language services in accordance…