At present there are five Speech-Language Pathologists
in the
school division serving city, rural and Hutterian schools. The role of the Speech-Language Pathologist includes:
- direct assessment of student's
speech and language disorders in order to develop in-school programs
- training and supervision of speech/language
assistants who carry out the programs at each school
- training, modelling, and
establishment of communication systems/programming in regular and/or special
classrooms (LAC, Lifeskills)
- organization of timetables and
groupings for the speech/language assistants
- presentation of in-service sessions
for staff and parents related to speech/language and literacy issues
- direct language enrichment with
small groups of students through the Aboriginal Academic Achievement program
- development of screening processes
to assist with the early identification of children with speech/language
difficulties
- collaborating with school teams,
parents and collateral agencies to support students across the school
division
Assignments for the Speech-Language Pathologists
are selected to balance caseloads as much as possible.
