Location : Bronx NY 10469

Hours of operation: 8:15am-3:15pm

Schedule : Flexible schedule!

• Need full-time and part-time

Pay Rate : W2 :$59- $61 | 1099 : $67- $73

Population : Ages 3-21

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
• Works as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team to evaluate and recommend a student’s need for therapeutic feeding intervention
• Provides support for classroom staff to feed children in a safe and therapeutic manner
• Modifies therapy materials as necessary to work with blind/visually impaired, multiply impaired, sensory impaired students and uses appropriate and individualized communication modalities as per each student’s need
• Works as part of the educational team to implement IEP goals, behavior intervention programs, curriculum development, parent relations, and teamwork.
• Participates in regular team and departmental meetings, supervisory meetings, school and instructional meetings and staff development days as required
• Provides parent consultation on an ongoing basis regarding evaluative findings, recommended mandates, carryover of therapeutic practices into the home, access to resources and other parent-focused activities
• Provides support to parents and staff and/or serves as a liaison for tech support with augmentative and alternative communication devices.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Speech/Language Pathology from an accredited University
• New York State Certification titled Teacher of Speech and Hearing Handicapped or Teacher of Speech and Language Disabilities
• New York State License as a Speech/Language Pathologist
• Experience working in a school/pediatric setting with students with special needs including students with blindness/visual impairment and multiple disabilities preferred