• Academic Assessment Specialist

    Scottish Rite for Children (Dallas, TX)


    Our patients are our number one priority! We're committed to giving children back their childhood!

    Job Posting Title:

    Academic Assessment Specialist

    Location:

    Dallas - Hospital

    Additional Posting Details:

    Monday - Friday

    8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

    Job Description:

    Join our Center for Dyslexia Team!

     

    Join a dynamic and motivated multi-disciplinary diagnostic team evaluating school-age children and adolescents with suspected learning disorders! The Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders, Scottish Rite for Children diagnostic team is dedicated to serving children through innovative evaluation, clinical diagnosis, child-specific recommendations, and parent and professional education.We are seeking a full-time assessment specialist. This professional will engage in extensive instruction using the medical approach to the psycho-educational evaluation of school-age children and adolescents with suspected learning disorders.

    Duties/Responsibilities

    + Apply developmental and learning principles and the medical model.

    + Use available information, including parent concerns, educator observations, school and private education assessment documentation, medical records, collaboration with parents, and analysis of the child’s pattern of performance during the assessment in this center to craft an individualized psycho-educational assessment.

    + Collaborate with the family to gather more information to support or change diagnoses.

    + Provide consultation to explain the diagnoses, child-specific recommendations, and guidance to help the family work with educators.

    + Generate a comprehensive written report documenting the child’s “story” and support for the diagnoses and evidence-based or best practice recommendations.

    + Communicate specific content for families, colleagues and/or professionals through seminar participation, presentation, print or video educational resources, crafting or developing other relevant projects, e.g., research.

    Required Skills/Abilities

    + Professionals with a master’s or doctorate and experience in diagnosing and making recommendations for learning disorders and co-morbid conditions are encouraged to apply. School psychologists, clinical psychologists, pediatric speech-language pathologists, and educational diagnosticians will be considered.

    + A minimum of two years of supervised training and experience in psycho-educational diagnostic evaluations of school-age children and adolescents is preferred.

     

    At Scottish Rite for Children, we work together with the common goal of helping give children back their childhood. Scottish Rite is a unique place to work because we believe in a collaborative approach, utilizing the care and expertise from all departments. We are always looking for caring, energetic individuals to join our team. We currently have locations in Dallas and Frisco and is an equal opportunity employer.

     

    For questions, contact [email protected].