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The ESS-SLP provides speech and language support, including augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), to children and youth who are blind or visually impaired and/or Deaf or hard of hearing who are eligible to receive APSEA services.
- Engages in collaborative practice, working with children, youth and their families, as well as APSEA employees, educational teams, and community partners to ensure appropriate strategies and recommends related to speech, language, and communication development within the context of program planning for learner s who are blind or visually impaired and/or Deaf or hard of hearing in each of the Atlantic Provinces.
- Consults and provides professional learning and resources to APSEA employees, families, educational teams, and community partners related to speech, language, and communication development for children and youth who receive supports from APSEA.
- Collaborates with the APSEA Service Delivery Team and field based educational team members regarding inclusive practices to support speech, language, and communication development in learners who are BVI and/or DHH.
- Assesses, recommends, and provides evidence-informed strategies and materials that allow for access, active participation, and self-determination/self-advocacy.
- Selects, adapts, and uses evidence-informed strategies and materials to address the unique needs of learners who are BVI and/or DHH.
- Supports processes to create a safe, equitable, positive, and supportive learning environment in which diversities are valued.
- Fosters respectful, collaborative relationships between families and professionals.
- Participates in ongoing professional learning.