Speech Language Pathologist (06902)

Company Overview:

Shrub Oak International School (SOIS) is a therapeutic day and residential school for autistic children, adolescents, and young adults with complex co-occurring conditions. Located in northern Westchester County, Shrub Oak offers unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment. We offer a variety of programs to meet the needs of students across the spectrum, and our curriculum is based on the most advanced and successful evidence-based clinical and academic approaches in ASD education.

As a school, SOIS maintains a smoke-free environment to ensure the health and safety of our students, employees, and community. We are a residential school located on a scenic 127-acre campus which includes multiple buildings and a working farm for student programming. The work environment will include both indoor and outdoor spaces.

Who We Are:

SOIS is a community of dedicated professionals that work together to find meaning with and for our students. We strive to make every day memorable in positive ways, and to manage students' difficulties as a team. We are accountable, timely, and show up whenever needed to support our students and each other.
We are guided day-to-day by our four core principles.

• We Care
• We are Innovative
• We are Collaborative
• We are Resourceful

Our Clinical Practice Model

Clinical Services at Shrub Oak International School operates within a fully integrated interdisciplinary model of care. While each clinician practices within the scope of their professional discipline, all clinical team members share responsibility for assessment, treatment planning, staff consultation, family partnership, crisis response, and quality improvement. We value collaboration, mutual respect, share clinical decision-making, and reflective practice, recognizing that meaningful student outcomes are achieved through the integration of diverse professional perspectives. Team members are expected to contribute their discipline-specific expertise while remaining open to learning from colleagues, sharing responsibility for student outcomes, and engaging in ongoing reflective practice.

Benefits: (check for FT, PT or All)

• Reduced Cost Meals every shift on site (All)
• Employee assistance program (EAP) (All)
• Insurance coverage: Health, vision, dental, life, supplemental and pet insurance (FT)
• Flexible spending account (FSA) (FT)
• Generous Paid time off (PTO) (FT)
• 401k w/company match (FT)
• Tuition/Professional development assistance (FT)

Who You Are:

• You are a collaborative, relationship-centered clinician who is passionate about helping autistic children, adolescents, and young adults develop meaningful communication and participate more fully across all aspects of daily life.
• You lead with curiosity, compassion, accountability, and clinical excellence.
• You value reflective practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-informed intervention, and continuous professional growth while recognizing that communication is foundational to learning, relationships, emotional regulation and independence

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for evaluating communication needs, developing and implementing individualized treatment plans, and supporting functional communication across educational, residential, vocational, and community environments.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and families.
• Promote meaningful participation, independence, and quality of life for autistic children, adolescents, and young adults with complex co-occurring conditions.

Clinical Practice

• Conduct comprehensive speech-language, communication, AAC, and related evaluations and re-evaluation.
• Develop and implement individualized, evidence-informed treatment plans aligned with each student's strengths, needs, and goals.
• Provide individual and group speech-language therapy within a transdisciplinary model of care.
• Assess, recommend, implement, and monitor augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, including high-and low-tech supports.
• Monitor student progress using clinical observation, outcome measures, and ongoing data collection, modifying treatment plans as appropriate.
• Promote functional communication, self-advocacy, autonomy, and participation across educational, residential, vocational, community and family settings.
• Maintain timely, accurate, and clinically meaningful documentation in accordance with organizational and regulatory standards.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

• Participate in interdisciplinary assessment, treatment planning, and Individualized Transdisciplinary Education Plans (ITEPs).
• Collaborate with Mental health, Behavior Analysis, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Nursing, Psychiatry, Education, Residential, and other team members.
• Provide consultation to staff to promote the generalization of communication skills across settings.
• Participate in admissions, quarterly reviews, transition planning, and discharge planning.

Family Partnership

• Partner with families through consultation, education, and ongoing communication regarding student progress and communication strategies.
• Support the generalization of communication skills across home, school, residential, and community environments.

Systems Consultation & Staff Development

• Provide coaching and consultation to educational, residential, and clinical staff regarding communication strategies and AAC implementation.
• Support staff in understanding communication differences and adapting environments to maximize student access.
• Participate in professional development and contribute discipline-specific expertise to organizational learning.

Crisis Prevention & Clinical Risk

• Participate in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS) and other required safety training.
• Support communication during behavioral crises and assist in developing proactive communication supports.
• Recognize changes in student presentation requiring interdisciplinary intervention and follow mandated reporting and organizational safety procedures.

Professional Responsibilities

• Model ethical, professional, and relationship-centered practice.
• Maintain discipline-specific licensure, certification, and professional competencies.
• Participate in supervision, department meetings, quality improvement activities, and ongoing professional development.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.

Please note: This job description is not a comprehensive list of tasks or responsibilities. Specific assignments can change within the relevant field and training of your position, with or without notice.

Position Requirements:

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
• NYS Licensure in good standing with up to 3 years of experience is preferred
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)
• Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD) certification
• Experience working with autistic individuals or individuals with developmental disabilities preferred.
• Knowledge of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems preferred
• Experience in developing and implementing behavior intervention plans that address challenging behaviors and promote positive outcomes.
• You must be able to ambulate around the campus, including hills, stairs, grass and gravel
  • Must be able to react and move quickly during student crisis, both for the safety of the student and for the staff.
  • Must be able to run across the campus and throughout the school to catch/monitor an eloping student, and/or to remove yourself from an unsafe situation.
  • You must be able to pass TCIS (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools).
    • You must be able to bend, stretch, sit, stand, crouch or kneel for sustained periods of time if implementing a hold.

EEO Statement:

Shrub Oak International School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodation can be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to apply for a job or to perform the essentials functions of their job. Requests may be approved if the position/department/school/students will not be adversely affected. Please advise us if you require a reasonable accommodation.

Employment Type: Full Time

Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 Annual

Bonus/Commission: No