Speech Therapist - ESCS Yonkers Campus - Temp

Responsibilities:

Purpose of Your Position

• Provide speech language therapy services to infants’ toddlers, preschool and school age children for a minimum of 50 weekly sessions and conduct speech language therapy assessments and evaluations.

Job Functions Understands ESCC Mission and Core Values and incorporates values into daily practice.

• Participate in meetings and consultations with education staff and the multidisciplinary team concerning the needs of each child as related to his/her mandated services and progress updates

Work effectively with parents, teaching staff and other professionals directly involved in the care and treatment of the child to develop and monitor IEP services Use accurate assessment skills to perform functional evaluations with reports reflecting current knowledge and evidence based practices and communicate results effectively in both written and verbal formats

• Maintain accurate record keeping and IEP/IFSP goal tracking documentation as required by SED/EI and Coleman School policies for quality assurance and accountability purposes
• Design and monitor assistive technology, adaptive equipment and augmentative communication needs in collaboration with team and family members
• Implement and monitor feeding programs for children on assigned case load in accordance with Coleman policies and ASHA guidelines for school therapists

Serves as clinical instructor and assists with coordination of affiliation programs as needed for speech therapy students Actively participate in the creation and implementation of an individual and School wide Professional Development Plan that inspires personal growth and informs clinical practices

• Perform other tasks to support the operations of the school as assigned by School Administration

Qualifications:

Education Requirements:

Masters Degree in Speech Language Pathology New York State Speech Language Pathology License NYS Teacher of Speech Hearing Certification National Provider Identifier (NPI) Number - Required

Experience:

Minimum of 1 year pediatric SLP experience

Hourly Rate:

$46.70/Hr.