Licensed Physical Therapist Extended School Year
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Posted on:
2 days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Extended School Year - 3.5 hours daily
Licensed Physical Therapist
Qualifications:
- Must possess New York State Certification as a Physical Therapist
- High School Diploma and Bachelors Degree or above
- Experience working with the pediatric population
Reports To:
- Director of Pupil Personnel Services
Performance and Responsibilities:
- Select and administer appropriate assessment instruments and procedures taking into consideration a students age developmental level handicapping conditions and educational placement.
- Assess the functional performance of students with special needs within the school environment.
- Engage in consensual decision making as part of the IEP process.
- Interpret assessment results appropriately and use results to develop physical therapy intervention plans.
- Plan and implement intervention strategies using direct therapy monitoring and consultation.
- Communicate effectively (orally and in writing) with education personnel administrators parents and community members.
- Explain the role of physical therapy within the school setting to education personnel administrators parents and community members.
- Document assessment and intervention results in the proper manner for a school setting and relate this information to the educational goals of the student.
- Develop implement evaluate and modify accordingly a physical therapy program within a school setting.
- Facilitate transitions among agencies programs and professionals as service provision changes (early intervention to pre-school preschool to school school to work).
- Supervise certified Physical Therapy Assistant.
- Maintain and authorize documentation for Medicaid eligible students.
Essential Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of handicapping conditions that occur before and after birth and their effects on the muscular skeletal system motor psychosocial and cognitive development of students with special needs.
- Knowledge of current federal and state laws regulations and procedures affecting physical therapy services in school settings.
- Knowledge of the educational system and its critical components.
- Knowledge of major theories treatment procedures and research relevant to providing physical therapy services for children (infants through 21-year-olds) who have special needs.
Required Experience:
IC
