Speech Therapist

About the role

Speech and Language Pathologists are professional specialists responsible for providing a comprehensive speech and language program for individual students and/or groups of students within the location assigned by the Director of Special Education. They work as members of a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of appropriate programs to students.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive, integrative speech/language assessment and therapy for students in need of these services.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and document a program of therapy, which meets the needs of each student.
• Prepare and complete information relative to screenings, assessments, Evaluation Reports, IEPs, data collection and reports on progress, within the established timelines.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers, staff members, therapists, and families to offer information, support, instruction, suggestions, and provide modeling of strategies that promote the student’s systematic progress toward skill development.
• Participates in child study, instructional support, multidisciplinary, and IEP meetings as appropriate.
• Be well-versed in best practices.
• Participate in an ongoing program of staff development.
• Maintain and submit in a timely manner individual student tracking and billing information, through submission of Penn Data forms, Access, and attendance reports, as directed by the program supervisor.
• Prepare and submit weekly and daily schedules, as directed.
• Maintains communication with parents/guardians and encourages carryover of therapy skills and goals at home.
• Maintain a student caseload that approaches the upper limits of Pennsylvania’s Chapter 14 requirements for Speech/ Language therapists unless students’ needs warrant a reduced schedule and program supervisor approves the therapist’s altered schedule.
• Maintains an appropriate inventory of diagnostic instruments and therapy materials/programs.
• Communicates with community-based agencies, physicians, and other speech/language pathologists in the community.
• Participates in litigation/due process proceedings as needed.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in speech/language pathology desirable
• Bachelor’s degree in speech/language pathology required, with enrollment in a Master’s Level speech/language program and a concurrent mentoring program.
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence required
• Pennsylvania Certification in Speech/Language Impaired PK-12 required
• Valid, state-issued Driver’s License