Speech & Language Pathologist (Full-Time)

Rebecca School is looking for a Speech-Language Pathologist for the 2024-2025 school year to provide developmental assessment and therapy in both individual and group settings. At the Rebecca School, sessions can occur in a variety of environments, contexts, and social settings, dependent on each student’s individualized speech and language program. Through collaboration across disciplines, SLPs are able to make modifications to each classroom and therapeutic environment to enhance an individual’s comprehension or capacity to express their ideas.  While language development is always a primary focus of therapy, a developmental approach is also applied towards mealtime and feeding development for our students. Cooking groups, feeding groups, sensory based play, community outings, and field trips are just a few of the many mediums which are utilized by our therapists to connect with and promote enjoyable learning opportunities for each student in relation to their individualized growth.      

About Rebecca School: Rebecca School is an independent, private therapeutic day school for children ages 3 to 21, promoting the education and development of children with neurodevelopmental delays of relating and communicating, including autism spectrum disorders. Rebecca school was founded in 2006 and utilizes the DIRFloortime® model (Developmental, Individual-difference, Relationship-based) developed by Stanley Greenspan, M.D. 

Salary Range: $ 63,000-70,000/12-month contract (salary prorated depending on contract length; negotiable based on years of experience)

Requirements    

• Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology    
• Hold NYS License in Speech-Language Pathology    
• Certified by ASHA and hold CCC; CFs welcome to apply    
• Open to learning about DIRFloortime ®    

General Duties   

  -Provide individual and group speech language therapy to meet individual needs.    -Provide comprehensive assessment to determine a student’s baseline communicative profile in areas of language acquisition, articulation and oral motor/feeding development.    -Write daily session notes, biannual progress reports and initial evaluations.  

-Evaluate, develop, implement and train staff on linguistically and developmentally appropriate augmentative alternative communication (AAC) for individual students.   

-Ensure carryover and generalization of speech, language and feeding goals through collaboration with classroom staff, related services and families  

-Work as part of an interdisciplinary team.   -Be trained and comfortable with the principles of DIRFloortime ® and how it applies to interactions, communication and therapeutic practices.   

– Maintains professional competence by attending staff development programs and continuing education programs.  

-Regular parent/caregiver communication.   

-Provides testimony for students at impartial hearing if necessary as well as IEPs if necessary.   

-Maintains safety of children at all times.     
 

Benefits: We offer employee health benefits, 401K with match, and professional development stipends.