LANGUAGE,
SPEECH AND HEARING SPECIALIST
DEFINITION:
Under general supervision, serves as a
member of the Individual Education Program Planning Team and
participates in decisions regarding placement of exceptional
students and appraises receptive and expressive language
functioning of an individual student.
EXAMPLES:
- Recommends to support staff,
classroom teachers, parents and district personnel
appropriate diagnostic/instructional services for
individuals having communicative disorders.
- Directs clinical
habilitative-rehabilitative-educational management for
individuals with disorders of language, speech and
hearing.
- Provides consultant, resource, and
supervisory services in program and curriculum planning,
research, and program evaluation for special language
projects within the school and at the district level.
- Plans with teachers and other staff
members for implementation of instructional strategies to
meet the needs of n individual with a communicative
disorder.
- Refers an individual with
communicative disorder to available community agencies
when their needs cannot be met by the services provided
by the district.
- Consults with parents (or
guardians) and member of related disciplines, including
outside agencies regarding the needs of an individual
with a communicative disorder.
- Develops specialized in-service
programs for school and community personnel.
- Develops parent education programs
and individual or group counseling to assist parents in
the prevention and/or remediation of communicative
disorders when appropriate.
- Participates in professional growth
activities at the local, state and national levels.
- Participates as a member in a
District department for maintenance of standards and
evaluation of the speech and language services.
- Submits quarterterly MAA reports and monthly LEA reports.
- Provide professional support to Speech Language Pathology Assistants and Speech Language Pathologist Interns.
QUALIFICATIONS GUIDE:
Credential: Valid
California Credential or license authorizing service in grade
levels and areas assigned.
Education: Bachelor's
degree, including all courses to meet credential requirements.
Experience: Student
teaching, internship, or full-time teaching experience.
Personal Qualities:
Appearance, grooming and personality which establish a desirable
example for students. Ability to meet District standard for
physical and mental health. Above-average recommendations from
student teaching supervisors and
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is
required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools,
or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is
occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and
stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and
depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics
described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee
occasionally works in outside weather conditions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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Revised 10/07
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