Speech-Language Pathologis
Location
Binghamton, NY | United States
Job description
Diagnoses and treats individuals with speech, language, voice and fluency impairments.
salary: $35 - $43 per hour
- Education: Graduate of an accredited therapy program
- Performs hearing and/or speech and language examinations to learn the resident’s/patient's degree of impairment.
- Evaluates hearing and /or speech and language test results.
- Evaluates barium swallow results and/or other test results and overall medical background information.
- Diagnoses residents/patients and formulates treatment plans for speech, language, fluency, voice or swallowing impairments.
- Educates residents/patients and family members about the various communication techniques or strategies to cope with the impairment.
- Writes reports and maintains client information for the purposes of evaluation, treatment progress and discharge of client.
- Performs administrative responsibilities, coordinates paperwork, writes lesson plans and schedules case management activities and/or any other appropriate resident/patient information and/or recordkeeping for administrative, billing and caseload purposes.
- Develops individual and/or group activities and/or programs to manage behavior, speech, language or swallowing problems.
- Participates in and writes reports for meetings regarding residents’/patients' progress.
- Participates in the planning and implementing of individualized educational planning (IEP) meetings, in-service meetings, or intervention assistance team meetings.
- Instructs clients with techniques for more effective communication, such as sign language, lip reading or voice improvement.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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