Speech Therapist @ KDSP - A Down syndrome Organisation

Role and 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.

Skills and Qualification:

• 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 the 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.