Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist Position
- Arbor Psychology Group Arbor Psychology Group has multiple locations in South-East Michigan. The Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist position is for the Ann Arbor location only.

Arbor Psychology Group is well-respected throughout the community for providing high quality therapeutic services across the lifespan- from pregnancy/infant mental health through adulthood. Our therapists frequently share cases- working with multiple family members- with opportunities for rich connections and collaborations. Our mental health team often works with our speech-language therapist and occupational therapists to provide multidisciplinary, comprehensive treatment. Our therapists value ongoing professional development and life-long learning.

We’re constantly asking ourselves: “How can we learn more and do better for the people we care for?” “How can we make the most impact on the world- in individual sessions and the greater community?”

We’ve heard time and again from families that they are struck by the combination of warmth, professionalism, and individualized care they receive. Our team’s strongest values are to treat patients with compassion, acceptance, and intentionality. This means therapists spend significant amounts of time researching best practices, collaborating with colleagues for new ideas, planning their sessions, and speaking with other providers. Patients receive a therapist’s devoted attention within their therapy-session

and are thought about outside of that time as well.

An SLP who will thrive at Arbor Psychology Group is someone who:

• Genuinely adores kids and will go out of their way to build a strong relationship
• Feels comfortable at effectively evaluating and treating a variety of speech, language, social-pragmatic, and feeding disorders including: articulation/phonological disorders, language delays/disorders, autism spectrum disorder, childhood apraxia of speech, fluency disorders, voice disorders, feeding/swallowing difficulties, social communication disorders, and literacy challenges.
• Loves collaboration, learning from others, and supporting others. Someone who can’t wait to share ideas or get feedback on tricky cases. Someone who is open and non-defensive. When they are presented with an idea they haven’t thought about before, their reaction is an eager, “Tell me more!”
• Compassionately gives and accepts honest feedback and has clear boundaries.
• Recognizes that the role of a speech-language therapist extends beyond the time spent with their patient. They will dedicate time to the preparation of cases, meeting with other providers, and documentation.
• Appreciates work-life balance- recognizing the importance of personal wellbeing and a meaningful life. This therapist will focus on their work as much as needed to provide excellent patient care and maintain time for their personal interests, health, and wellbeing.
• Strongly Desired: SLP specializes in- and is passionate about- feeding therapy! This therapist totally geeks out on reading about pediatric feeding therapy, talking about feeding skills, learning new strategies to support feeding skills, and of course- helping patients to learn to love eating.

The SLP will be responsible for treating young children through adolescents with a wide variety of diagnoses; many of the cases will focus on either feeding skills. The SLP will provide direct patient care utilizing evidence based practices and will work collaboratively with patients, caregivers, other members of mental health team, and outside providers. The majority of the work will be intervention/treatment with some assessment and school consultation.

This position is a flexible part-time position. The SLP will contract for up to 6-8 clinical (face-to-face) hours to fall either within 3-7 pm on the weekdays or any time on a week-end day. Opportunity to grow into a full-time position, if desired.

• Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited program required.
• Current Michigan State Speech Language Pathologist license required.
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence…