Re: Speech Pathology in Public Schools

Posted by Helen Ogden on 12/10/03

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On 11/25/03, M & M wrote:
> Hi - as a Speech Pathologist in the public schools of
> Indiana I am overwhelmed with both paperwork and
caseload
> size. Out state has no caseload limits -- our district has
> been short staffed for almost five years and have used
a
> variety of "fix it" means --- using elementary teachers as
> SLA's, hiring SLA staff, using contracted staff --- all
> were short term fixes and most created even more
paperwork
> cleaning up the messes that were left. Three of my
> colleagues including myself are on bloodpressure
> medications do to job stress. Hope someone out there
has
> found a creative way to solve public school speech and
> language therapy deliema!

Hi,
I'm sorry I can't offer any solutions but I can deeply
sympathise. My district has been understaffed in SLPs for
the past three years and has made no effort to recruit. I
am only maintaining my sanity by writing persistent
letters to the personnel depapartment, the board and the
superintendent. I am simply not stressing about the
paperwork at this point and just doing what I can. They
can fire me if they wish but I don't think they will as that
would just compound the problem and I might try to
mobilize parents to begin asserting their rights.
Let me know if you get any more helpful responses than
mine.
Don't let the turkeys get you down and try some
meditation to bring down that blood pressure. Its not
worth sacrificing your health.
Helen

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Speech Pathology in Public Schools, 11/25/03, by M & M.
• Re: Speech Pathology in Public Schools, 12/10/03, by Helen Ogden.