Speech​/Language Pathologist

Gonzales ISD - Speech / Language Pathologist

Description/Notes: Primary

Purpose:

Plan and provide speech-language pathology services to students with speech, voice, or language disorders. Assess students and provide therapeutic intervention to eliminate or reduce problems or impairments that interfere with students’ ability to derive full benefit from the educational program.

Qualifications:

• Education/Certification:
  • Master’s degree in speech-language pathology from an accredited college or university
  • Valid Texas license as a speech-language pathologist granted by the State Board of Examiners for Speech‑Language Pathology and Audiology (SBESLPA) or Bachelor’s degree and valid Texas Education Agency speech therapy certificate
• Special Knowledge/
  
  Skills:
  
  
  • Ability to use the accepted tests and measurements to assess communication disorders and conditions
  • Knowledge of evaluation, habilitation, and rehabilitation of speech‑language disorders and conditions
  • Ability to instruct and manage student behavior
  • Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience:
  • One year supervised clinical speech-language pathology experience

Conduct independent evaluations to assess students with speech or language disorders and conditions, and provide appropriate individual and group therapy consistent with speech and language goals in IEPs. Evaluate student progress and determine therapy services.

Develop clinical management strategies and diagnostic statements.

Participate in the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee, assisting in interpretation of assessment data, placement, and goal setting for students with communication disorders according to district procedures.

Consult with colleagues, students, and parents regarding therapy goals, student needs, and involvement in remedial process.

Collaborate with classroom teachers to plan and implement classroom activities to improve communication skills.

Provide professional development in assigned schools to help school personnel identify and work more effectively with students with communication deficits.

Create an environment conducive to learning for the maturity level and interests of students.

Establish control and administer discipline according to the Student Code of Conduct and student handbook.

Develop and coordinate a continuing evaluation of speech‑language pathology services and make changes based on findings.

Participate in selection of equipment and instructional materials.

Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and required documents.

Comply with federal and state laws, State Board of Education rules, and board policy. Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.

May supervise licensed speech‑language pathology assistant(s) or speech aid(s). (Supervisors of licensed speech‑language assistants must be licensed by SBESLPA as speech‑language pathologists. A person with a TEA certificate who is not licensed may not supervise a licensed assistant.)

Tools/Equipment used: standard testing equipment; standard office equipment including computer and peripherals.

Posture: frequent sitting, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, twisting.

Motion: frequent walking, grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension.

Lifting: regular light lifting and carrying (under 15 pounds), occasional heavy lifting (45 pounds or more) and positioning of students with physical disabilities; controlling behavior through physical restraint; assisting nonambulatory students.

Environment: exposure to biological hazards, bacteria, communicable diseases; may require district wide travel.

Mental demands: work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under pressure.

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