The Speech-Language Pathologist organizes and provides speech-language services to facilitate rehabilitation, directs patient participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and facilitates the learning of skills and functions essential for communication and swallowing.
Requirements
- 1+ to 2 years of experience
- Extensive experience w/ geriatric and dementia patients
- Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Communicative Disorders or similarly titled area
- Possess or be eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or be eligible to participate as an ASHA Clinical Fellow (CFY)
- Be licensed, certified or credentialed, as required in the state of practice