Location: Bronx, NY
Schedule: M-F 815a-315p
Specialization: 3-21 years of age - School
Job Summary:
SLPs provide direct treatment of speech/language intervention services to students throughout all 3 programs, ages 3-21. Students receive individual or small group therapy in either a pull-out or collaborative/classroom setting. SLPs demonstrate competency in understanding visual and multiple disabilities, working effectively in a team, adapting therapy materials and employing a variety of techniques to provide optimum support to each student. They relate well to students, use consistent, proactive behavior management, tailoring instruction for student success and independence, while creating a safe and orderly learning environment
Responsibilities:
- Structures intervention to meet goals and objectives on student’s IEP
- Organizes and keeps records related to student attendance, student progress, and Medicaid/IDEA mandated documentation
- Works individual or in small groups with focus on integrating all therapy into classroom settings and with other related service providers
- Promotes high levels of success and independence or functional communication as appropriate to student level
- Performs evaluations (initial, annual, triennial) and makes recommendations for goals and mandates as appropriate, attending IEP meetings as warranted
- Performs annual hearing screenings on students and makes referrals to parents as appropriate