ACLDs Preschool Education Programs at Kramer Learning Center and The Alan and Ellen Spiegel Childrens Center are designed to meet the individual needs of young children diagnosed with developmental disabilities. Quality education and therapeutic services are provided during school hours by a highly trained dedicated staff of professionals. Additional supports include Foster Grandparents Pet Therapy and Music and Creative Arts Therapy programs. Preschool services offered at both Bay Shore sites include developmental evaluations centerbased classrooms and community based support services of a Special Education Itinerant Teacher and/or Itinerant related clinical services.
ACLD (Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities Inc.) is looking for a SpeechLanguage Pathologist to select develop maintain records and implement intervention strategies for the treatment of children with communication and related disorders. Implementation of intervention procedures should be appropriately adapted to a transdisciplinary naturalistic teaching model. The school based speechlanguage pathologist should have competency in the areas of pediatric feeding and communication. Specific performance areas include: diagnostics receptive language expressive language pragmatics oral motor/feeding skills articulation phonology voice and fluency.
Responsibilities:
Evaluation and informal assessment.
Demonstrate professional report writing and time management skills.
Implement and coordinate goal oriented therapy which incorporates environmental modifications augmentative communication modeling expansion feedback and the use of positive reinforcement strategies.
Attend CPSE meetings when needed.
Consultation with classroom staff.
Attend team and departmental meetings.
Communication regarding progress and carry over with families.
Evaluate students in preparation for Annual Review.
Prepare and set up treatment area for assigned children.
Demonstrate clinical flexibility.
We require:
Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped Certification (T.S.H.H.) or Teacher of Students with Speech and Language disabilities (T.S.S.L.D.)
M.A. /M.S. in SpeechLanguage Pathology.
Licensed in the State of New York
Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCCSLP) preferred
Experience with pediatrics preferred
Bilingual preferred
Must be physically able to handle all aspects of the supervision of the daytoday activities of preschoolers which may include but not limited to running bending and lifting of children when needed.
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Speech Language Pathologist
