Speech Language Therapist - Long Island

Since 1893, Helen Keller Services (HKS) has been committed to improving the lives of individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or have combined hearing and vision loss. HKS serves in the New York City/Long Island area from its new headquarters in dynamic downtown Brooklyn and the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults of Sands Point, New York, which has a network of regional offices that extends HKS' reach across the United States.

Helen Keller Services for the Blind is thrilled to announce we will be expanding our Children's Learning Center to two brand-new Long Island locations in Nassau and Suffolk County! These state-of-the-art facilities will serve preschool children who are blind or have low vision, as well as multiple disabilities, autism, Down syndrome, or pervasive developmental delays. This expansion reflects HKSB’s commitment to ensuring that Long Island families have access to the same high-quality early education and support services that have transformed lives in our Brooklyn Children Learning Center.

We currently have an exciting opening for a Speech Language Therapist in our soon to open Suffolk County Preschool! Located in Islandia, NY, the Speech Language Therapist will conduct a special education preschool classroom for children with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Specific responsibilities will include

• Record daily session notes into the appropriate system.
• Compose and submit all Children’s Learning Center Quarterly and Annual Reports according to the associated deadlines
• Participate and contribute in weekly team meetings and all full staff meetings.
• Maintain a professional demeanor at all times and contribute to the upkeep of their personal space and shared work space.
• Must be able to explain, demonstrate, provide instruction and reinforce speech therapy goals to both the student’s parents and in-classroom staff. This will be done through working collaboratively with his / her follow therapists, teachers and the school principal to incorporate monthly curriculum themes into therapy sessions. The key elements of therapy sessions will include the following, whenappropriate:
• Student’s communication skills, these include both receptive and expressive language skills
• Student’s articulation skills.
• Oral motor skills, this includes feeding, swallowing, chewing skills.
• Use and development of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices by for the student