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SUMMARY: Plans, monitors, and executes therapy according to the needs of individual students; implements treatment programs; documents and supports educational activities.

PROGRAM: Public School Therapy

REPORTS TO: Coordinator of Public School Therapy

RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Conducts ongoing informal assessments; interprets and analyzes data; provides written reports; documents progress clearly and concisely.

+ Develop educationally relevant IEP goals and objectives in collaboration with teachers.

+ Develops, implements, monitors, and revises therapy programs during individual and group treatment sessions.

+ Participates in department meetings, all staff meetings, team meetings, and various school clinics

+ Designs, fabricates, adjusts, or makes minor repairs to therapeutic equipment for individual students, suggestions, and monitors the provision of appropriate assistive technology.

+ Oversees activities of Therapy Assistants, Therapy Aides, or therapy students and cosigns all documentation according to discipline-specific practice standards and licensing regulations.

+ Maintains open communication with family/guardian and child study team case manager as required on an individual basis.

+ Fosters and maintains collaborative relationships with teachers, classroom support staff, and resource staff while monitoring therapeutic programs.

+ Attends educational courses to maintain and update knowledge and skills

+ Travel and or home visits may be required to meet individual needs.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

+ Demonstrated knowledge of and independence in the use of varied therapy treatment approaches, knowledge of child development

+ Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality, communicate effectively verbally and in writing, establish and maintain proper working relationships with students, parents, co-workers and supervisors

+ Perform physical activity

+ Maintain a safe working environment, adhere to ethical standards of the profession, travel to various locations, adhere to personnel policies, procedures and standard health precautions

QUALIFICATIONS:

+ Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy, New Jersey license as a physical therapist,

+ Certification by State of New Jersey as a school physical therapist, and fingerprint examination and approval.

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