Physical Therapy Specialist

2 weeks ago


San Diego, California, United States San Diego Unified School District Full time
Job Summary

The Physical Therapy Specialist provides assessment, consultation, and direct physical therapy to students enrolled in or referred to special education programs. They collaborate with general and special education staff and parents to identify strategies, methods, and patterns of instructional support.

Job Description / Essential Elements:
  • Access children's basic skills and abilities in gross motor function, balance and equilibrium, orthopedic status, motor planning, developmental or functional activities, range of motion, postural tone, gait, reflex integration, and kinesthesia.
  • Assist in developing the pupils' Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
  • Develop individual pupil base line goals.
  • Provide physical therapy intervention to pupils.
  • Provide assistance to the classroom teacher by demonstrating exercises and activities.
  • Monitor therapy received by pupils and record progress.
  • Design and develop adaptive equipment and adjust for proper fit as needed.
  • Act as liaison to district staff, physicians, parents, and other agencies in implementing the pupil's IEP.
  • Travel to other district sites as assigned.
  • Direct the work of student interns or other staff as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Education and Experience: Any combination of training, experience, and/or education equivalent to graduation from an approved school of physical therapy.
  • Licenses and Other Requirements: California registration as a Physical Therapist.
Knowledge and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of: Principles, methods, and equipment used in physical therapy. Child development and growth. Posture and movement dysfunction. Technical aspects of field of specialty.
  • Ability to: Design and fit adaptive devises, following medical prescription. Administer required assessments and evaluate pupil progress. Recommend educationally related treatment objectives and implement therapy.
Working Conditions:
  • Environment: Office and classroom setting; driving vehicle to school sites to provide assistance to students and staff.
  • Physical Requirements: Hearing and speaking to exchange information; seeing to perform assigned duties; sitting or standing for extended periods of time; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate equipment and perform assigned duties; kneeling, bending at the waist, and reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, to retrieve and store files and supplies; lifting moderately heavy objects.

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