Speech Therapist/Pathologist

Speech Teacher, Speech Language Therapist/Pathologist

Term of Employment: 10 Month

Reports To: Building Principal

Typical Work Activities: Speech-Language Therapist/Pathologists work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication and cognitive-communication in (K-12) students, performing such duties as:

• Evaluate and diagnose speech, language and communication disorders.
• Provide speech/language therapy services as determined by the IEP
• Consult with teachers and parents regarding the students' progress
• Maintain attendance, ongoing evaluation, and progress records
• Ability to work with children with speech and language deficits both in the classroom and in an itinerant setting.
• Treat speech, language and communication disorders.
• Work collaboratively with professionals from many other disciplines.
• Consult with parents, school personnel, and other professionals regarding children who need support in developing speech and language skills;
• Complete speech language evaluations on students suspected of communicative disorders; Present evaluation findings at multi-disciplinary educational meetings, working together to collaborate for student success.
• Provide speech/language therapy sessions, individually or in small groups, for students with speech/language deficits; provide classroom support for special education students to assist in speech/language development.

Preferred Experience: Empathetic, evidenced-based evaluation and treatment skills; Effective communication skills with children, as well as parents and educators; Practical knowledge of social skills disorders to assist students with autism; Broad based knowledge of fluency, voice, language, augmentative communication, pragmatics, and speech production; Strong collaborator with all team members, using creative and individualized methods to motivate and manage students.

Minimum Qualifications: NYS Certified Speech & Language Disabilities, NYS Licensed Speech Pathologist preferred.

Sullivan County BOCES serves eight school districts in the southern Catskill region of New York. 100 miles from New York City, Sullivan County is known for its natural beauty, outdoor recreation, open spaces and close proximity to the New York Metropolitan Area, all of which makes Sullivan County an ideal location for cultural and economic growth. The county is home of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, the legendary fly fishing of the Beverkill and Willowemoc Rivers, the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts & Museum, bald eagles, challenging golf courses, and the new Resorts World Catskills. Sullivan County BOCES provides cost-effective, shared programs of excellence in special education, alternative education, career & technical education, instructional support services and adult and continuing education. Our mission is to increase student performance in all component districts and communities.