Language pathologist vs speech-language pathologist teacher

Differences between language pathologist and speech-language pathologist teacher duties and responsibilities

Language pathologist example responsibilities.

• Manage all relate paperwork including lesson planning for SLP-assistants and Medicaid reimbursement.
• Provide evaluation and remediation of various forms of communication disorders for preschool and school-age population in an outpatient rehabilitation clinic.
• Assess appropriate AAC device for student use, and program device for each student's specific needs.
• Apply behavior analysis and discrete trial training are used to train the children on the AAC devices.
• Evaluate and treat adults with cognitive dysfunction, swallowing disorders, apraxia and aphasia in long term care.
• Review all daily notes submit by SLP assistants and provide feedback for written documentation and feedback for direct therapy services.
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Speech-language pathologist teacher example responsibilities.

• Treat children with speech, language and pragmatic issues, development of IEP's, and conducting speech/language evaluations.
• Develop individual and/or group activities according to therapy needs and IEP goals in a large, urban, elementary school.
• Provide detailed narrative evaluations and ongoing consultation of individual guidelines for dysphagia intervention and augmentative/alternative communication programs/systems.
• Programme & maintain high and low tech AAC devices independently; train other staff in the proper use.
• Home base therapy for adults following TBI and CVA.
• Provide detailed narrative evaluations and ongoing consultation of individual guidelines for dysphagia intervention and augmentative/alternative communication programs/systems.