Speech Pathologist

St. Landry Parish School Board • Opelousas, LA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Speech Pathologist's primary role is to identify children with speech, language, hearing, or other communication disorders and to develop and implement effective speech/language therapy programs for these children. This position involves assisting in the identification of students with communication impairments, providing guidance to teachers, interpreting diagnostic results, and writing reports. The role also includes selecting and administering appropriate assessment tools, conducting evaluations, and participating in program placement and dismissal decisions. A key responsibility is designing and delivering individualized education programs (IEPs) tailored to student needs and collaborating with educators to integrate therapy strategies into the classroom. The Speech Pathologist will monitor student progress, assess performance at regular intervals, and report findings as required. Other job-related duties may also be assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Speech/Language Therapy
• Meet all Louisiana Department of Education certification requirements for school based speech-language pathologists

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Responsibilities

• Assist with the identification of children with speech, language, and/or hearing problems that need rehabilitative speech, language, and or hearing therapy.
• Provide guidance to teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech, language, and hearing impairments.
• Interpret diagnostic results and write appropriate and accurate reports of results.
• Select appropriate form and informal testing instruments and procedures for screening speech and language skills of referred children.
• Conduct or participate in the evaluation and placement in programs and dismissal/exit out of programs for speech, language, and/or hearing impaired children in accordance with Louisiana Department of Education and district guidelines.
• Design and provide a therapeutic individualized education program (IEP) to meet the needs of children in accordance with state and district guidelines.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and other staff members to implement therapy procedures that will improve student performance in the classroom.
• Monitor ongoing performance of children and access progress at regular intervals and report process at designated times.
• Perform other job-related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level