Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TOD, SI-Hearing)

Aspirations, LLC is looking for a Per Diem Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Special Instructor-Hearing) therapist to serve children and their families in Chester County who qualify for (birth to 3yrs) Early Intervention services. We offer competitive compensation, flexible scheduling, and professional development.

What is Special Instruction-Hearing?

Special Instruction-Hearing providers will provide service to children (birth to three years in age) who are deaf, have hearing loss or have a diagnosis of auditory neuropathy. The SI-Hearing therapist provides education and training to families who have children that are deaf or have any degree of hearing loss and the potential impacts on development. They work with the family to adopt a communication system, and create a communication plan, that will meet the family’s needs and maximize the child’s particular skills and strengths with the goal of successful communication.

SI-Hearing therapists provide support, instruction, demonstration, and resources to families on hearing aids and/or cochlear implants. They utilize effective coaching strategies to help the family support their child’s functional communication.

Special Instruction includes:

• The design of learning environments and activities that promote the child’s acquisition of skills in a variety of developmental areas, including cognitive processes, communication, and social interaction;
• Curriculum planning, including the planned interaction of personnel, materials, and time and space, that leads to achieving the outcomes in the child’s individualized family service plan;
• Providing families with information, skills, and support related to enhancing the skill development of the child; and
• Working with the child to enhance the child’s development.
• Providers of special instruction must have knowledge of early childhood development and strategies for promoting typical development and function. Providers of special instruction must be able to plan the effective use of all that is available within the child’s natural environment – including interventions planned by other IFSP team members - in designing
• interactions
• that will lead to achievement of specific IFSP goals, and must be able to assist
• families
• to enhance their child’s development. Furthermore, special instruction is the service uniquely identified in federal law as being specifically relevant for both
• cognitive, communication,
• and
• social
• domains of development.

Special Instructor Qualifications and Responsibilities

Early interventionist qualifications.

The SI-Hearing provider must have a valid PA Teaching Certificate in Hearing Impairment or the coursework necessary to apply for a PA Teaching Certificate in Hearing Impairment.

An early interventionist shall also have one of the following groups of minimum qualifications:

(1) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in early intervention, early childhood special education, early childhood education, child development, special education or family studies, and 1 year of full-time or full-time-equivalent experience working directly with preschool children with disabilities and their families or a university-supervised or college-supervised student practicum or teaching experience with preschool children with disabilities and their families.

(2) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university which includes 15 credit hours in early intervention, early childhood special education, early childhood education, child development, special education or family studies; and 1 year of full-time or full-time-equivalent experience working directly with preschool children with disabilities and their families; and demonstrated knowledge, understanding and skills needed to perform the functions specified (relating to early interventionist responsibilities).

Early Interventionist Responsibilities

An early interventionist is responsible for the following:

(1) Designing the learning environments and activities that promote the acquisition of skills by an infant or toddler with a disability in a variety of developmental areas, including cognitive processes, communication, adaptive skills, and social interaction.

(2) Providing the family with information, skills and support related to enhancing the skill development of the infant or toddler with a disability.

(3) Working with the infant or toddler with a disability and family to enhance the infant or toddler’s development.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $70.00 per hour

Expected hours: 5 – 10 per week

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours

Work Location: On the road

Salary : $70