Role of a Speech Pathologist

Speech Pathologists can play a critical role in the school's design,

serving individual students, and collaboration.

The American Speech Language Hearing Association website says, "SLPs'

expertise in language may be called upon to round out comprehensive profiles
of students having academic or behavioral difficulties.

Speech Pathologists can explain the role that language plays in:
curriculum
assessment
instruction

as a basis for appropriate program design.

They can help pick out the screening measures that they will use.
Also, a critical role, Speech Pathologist's can help determine if the school
is making appropriate progress in meeting intervention needs of students.
As a member or the intervention team, a Speech Pathologist can use their
knowledge in language, disorders, and possible treatment.
SLPs work with family, teachers, administrators, as well as other special service
providers.
They provide training to the above.
They also work one-on-one with the students.
Regarding parents, SLPs often interpret score results.