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Positions Location: Lansing, MI

Job Description

General Purpose of Job : Evaluate patients, plan treatment programs and perform therapy to restore function, prevent disability and maximize potential and quality of life in the areas of speech, language, swallowing, feeding, cognition, and oral motor performance. Promote health and well-being of the patients served following disease, dysfunction, injury, or surgery.

Essential Duties :

• Perform speech therapy patient evaluations.
• Develop realistic, functional goals mutually agreed upon with the patient/family. Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible.
• Employ principles of teaching and learning to educate patients and their families in the knowledge and skills that promote restoration of function for optimal performance both cognitively an...