Speech Therapist

Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.

Teach academic, social, and life skills to preschool-aged students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

Sell services to individuals or businesses. May describe options or resolve client problems.

Oversee operations of physical rehabilitation department and manage personnel. Responsible for ensuring accuracy of patient charges; hiring staff; improving patient experiences and departmental processes; managing departmental budget; ensuring compliance with applicable laws; and maintaining confidentiality of financial, legal, medical, and information. May require coordinating with other healthcare professionals and communicating with patients’ families.

Interact with customers to provide basic or scripted information in response to routine inquiries about products and services. May handle and resolve general complaints. Excludes individuals whose duties are primarily installation, sales, repair, and technical support.

Prepare educational content and plan activities that promote comprehension and retention of information. Typically requires assessing student performance, communicating with caregivers, creating lesson plans, preparing and issuing progress reports, presenting and demonstrating new content, and sourcing supplies. May require traveling for fieldtrips and complying with specialized educational plans.

Teach students on a short-term basis as a temporary replacement for a regular classroom teacher, typically using the regular teacher's lesson plan.