Job Title : Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)
Facility type : LTC / SNF
Location : Baltimore, MD 21237
Contract : 13 Weeks
Shift Timings : 8 : 00am - 4 : 30pm
Pay Period : Weekly
JOB DESCRIPTION :
- Evaluating levels of swallowing, speech and language difficulty
- Identifying treatment options
- Creating and carrying out individualized treatment plans addressing specific functional needs
- Teaching patients how to make sounds while improving their voices and maintaining fluency
- Helping individuals improve sentence structure and vocabulary used in written and oral language
- Working with adults and children in developing and strengthening muscles used to swallow
- Counseling individuals and families on ways to cope with swallowing and communication disorders