Speech Language Pathologist

NM School for the Deaf•Santa Fe, NM

About The Position

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) at are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team at NMSD. SLPs help students meet the performance standards of NMSD and the state by assuming a range of responsibilities, working in partnership with others to meet students' needs, and provide direction in defining their roles and responsibilities and in ensuring appropriate services to students. It is anticipated and expected that all functions of this position will be performed in a positive and receptive manner, while helping to advance the mission and vision of New Mexico School for the Deaf.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology with progressive and directly related experience with children who are deaf or hard of hearing, preferred.
A Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) or Clinical Fellowship (CCC-CF) from ASHA is required.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret speech and language periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write evaluations and business correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from teachers and parents.
American Sign Language skills at hire are favorable. The applicant must have some sign language skills and will be required to demonstrate progressive sign language acquisition and if needed participate in sign language classes offered at NMSD.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute standard scores, percentile ranks, and age equivalents for evaluations based on standardization charts.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have functional knowledge of Microsoft Windows, as well as various software packages including Microsoft Office.
The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and play on the floor with students.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision.

Responsibilities

Works closely with an educational team to perform evaluations.
Performs on-going assessments.
Prepares and submits comprehensive evaluation reports and periodic reports on student’s activities and progress.
Performs comprehensive evaluations for deaf and hard of hearing students for various NMSD departments including the Early Intervention and Development Services (EIDS) and the Center for Educational Consultation and Training (CECT).
Keeps current on best practices and current research in the field.
Cultural sensitivity and knowledge of bilingual language acquisition
Ability to work with students ranging in age from 18 months to 22 years of age
Maintains up to date therapy logs and Medicaid documentation.
Creates and implements individual educational plans for students with the educational team.
Works with the educational team to create and implement plans to support and improve communicative ability including language development (American Sign Language /English), pragmatics, speech and oral motor development, auditory skills, and reading and writing skills.
Provides one-on-one or small group speech, language, and/or listening therapy, when appropriate.
Integrates services into the classroom and other school settings, when appropriate.
Communicate with SLPs and/or other professionals in the community.
Work closely with the Audiologist and educational team to implement and support amplification use for individual students to optimize auditory access as appropriate.
Adheres to NMSD’s Vision, Mission, and Beliefs statements.