School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist - Part Time
The Speech, Language, and Learning Services department at Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center (CHSC) is hiring a part-time, 2-day (16 hours) per week speech-language pathologist for charter school services. The start date of the position is August 2024. A highly prepared clinical fellow will be considered.
Purpose of Job:
Manage student care involving individuals with verbal, nonverbal, cognitive-linguistic, speech, language, reading/writing, and/or social communication disorders including assessing abilities and needs with ETRs as well as developing and implementing IEP goals to improve the student’s communicative ability, efficiency, and/or effectiveness.
Major Duties and Expectations
- Assess and diagnose abilities and needs students have regarding:
- Speech sound production (including intelligibility, fluency, prosody, voice quality, etc.).
- Language abilities (including understanding and using oral and written modalities).
- Cognitive-linguistic communication skills (including attention, memory, reasoning, problem-solving disorders, etc.).
- Pragmatic skills.
Determine the nature and extent of needs using:
- Written and oral tests (standardized and non-standardized).
- Dynamic assessment.
- Qualitative assessment.
- Special instruments or methods designed to record and analyze speech, language, and voice skills.
Develop and implement IEPs related to each student’s needs which may include:
- Familiarity with Individual or group treatment formats.
- Use of multimodal communication methods, such as augmentative or alternative communication devices/strategies (including high- and low-tech devices and sign language).
- Ability to confer with outside agencies as necessary to coordinate the care of the student/family.
Develop and maintain accurate, thorough clinical records promptly including, but not limited to:
- Evaluation Team Reports (ETRs).
- Daily documentation and Medicaid billing.
- Progress notes, and summaries.
Counsel and communicate with student, family, and educational professionals on all aspects of care as appropriate, including:
- Evaluation (methods, results, and recommendations).
- Treatment (methods, facilitating strategies, progress, carry-over).
- Discharge (plans, rationale, methods, expectations, and additional resources).
Education/Experience/Skills
- A Master’s degree in SLP from a program accredited by the ASHA Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) is required.
- Ohio SLP license or provisional license is required.
- Ohio Department of Education Pupil Services license or registration.
- Proficiency in Ohio school documentation and procedures.
- Robust understanding of the IEP and ETR process.
- Strong analytical, written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
For more information, please contact: Rebecca Mental, Ph.D., MPH, CCC-SLP, Director of Speech-Language and Learning Services, at rmental@chsc.org
