Description
The Speech Clinician provides direct therapy, student assessment, IEP team participation, and consultation to staff and parents. A speech and language pathologist has unique skills to provide services to improve voice, fluency, speech intelligibility, or to establish a functional and effective communication system that no other district staff member generally has. Speech and language pathologists also have specialized skills and can provide services to improve language and communication.
More specifically, services would include:
- Evaluate students referred for a suspected disability in speech and language.
- Participation in the preparation and implementation of the individual education plan (IEP) goals and the review of the IEP.
- Provide direct speech and language therapy/consultation.
- Provide communication and follow-up with significant others, i.e., regular education teachers, special education staff, parents, administrators, and other related agencies, etc.
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