Speech Therapist Verified listing

Responsibilities:

 Planning for developmentally appropriate, customized sessions.

 Conducting regular scheduled sessions for children with Down syndrome.

 Preparation of speech and language goals and learning outcomes and designing and modifying therapy plans as and when needed.

 Administering assessments of speech & language development, as necessary for revisions, re-evaluation and measurement.

 Maintaining daily logs on therapy progress and planning further therapy.

 Responding & attending to child and/or parents’/caregivers’ questions and comments.

 Using consistent and proactive behavior modification/management techniques.

 Responding to situations in appropriate, fair, and consistent ways, while taking advice and assistance from the supervisor/head of department.

 Communicating plans, goals, methods and directions clearly & accurately to parents/caregivers.

 Providing brief home plans/assignments to promote generalization of skills, strategies taught during therapy sessions.

 Giving parents/caregivers clear, accurate, specific, meaningful, and timely feedback to enhance their child’s speech & language development.

 Writing and delivering reports to parents/caregivers when needed.

 Preparing and sharing evaluation reports of children in therapy cyclically, or when requested by program leads.

 Counseling children, parents/caregivers and/or families on how to cope with communication disorders and other interrelated issue areas.

 Any other task as assigned by the management.

 Bachelor’s Degree (Speech Language/Audiology) from an HEC recognized institution.

 Minimum 01 year of relevant work experience is preferred.

 Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

 Strong organizing skills.  Excellent with networking/building relationships with people.

 Must be an excellent observer and problem solver.

 Must have the ability to think outside the box and work under pressure.

 Must have compassion and patience.