Description

Speech Pathologist/Speech Therapist

Description: This is a professional position involving responsibilities including the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of language, voice and speech disorders in the school setting.

Speech Pathologist Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides speech pathology treatment services in accordance with accepted professional standards and practices, including muscular coordination exercises, sensory stimulation and association training and language development activities
• Evaluating and reporting on student levels of speech and language difficulty
• Identifying treatment options
• Creating and carrying out individualized treatment plans addressing specific functional needs
• Teaching students how to make sounds while improving their voices and maintaining fluency
• Helping individuals improve sentence structure and vocabulary used in written and oral language
• Working with students in evaluation and ongoing therapy
• Participates in Committee on Special Education meetings, parent-teacher conferences and district meetings
• Maintains program records including but not limited to service budget, monthly reports, billing and Medicaid reporting, evaluations, reevaluations, progress monitoring, etc.
• Uses data to make recommendations and to drive services
• Counseling individuals and families on strategies to support communication disorders
• Develops and assists in the development of speech pathology policies and procedures

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in speech-language pathology from a New York State registered licensure qualifying program, a program accredited by the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), or the equivalent.
• Part-time or full-time professional-level experience including direct clinical work with patients or students, consultations, record keeping, and any other duties relevant to clinical practice.

Salary: Starting at $48,410 but will compensate based on experience

Closing Date: Ongoing until position is filled.

Salary/Compensation: $48,410 per year