Do you want a rewarding career working with students with special needs? Do you have the integrity, initiative, and dedication to provide the skills and opportunities to challenge students? If so, APTS would like the opportunity to speak with you.
Alternative Paths Training School (APTS®) vision is that everyone who comes our way in need of intervention, whether academically, behaviorally, emotionally, or otherwise, be able to successfully reintegrate into mainstream society, and perform to their highest potential.
APTS® is searching for a Part-Time Physical Therapist.
Employee’s duties include, but are not limited to:
• Acquiring baseline information to assess students’ current P.T. needs
• Consulting with teachers, parents, and other personnel for the purpose of providing requested information, developing plans for services, and/or making recommendations
• Diagnosing movement dysfunction, treatment, and providing IEP information for the respective individual
• Researching resources and methods (i.e,. intervention and treatment techniques, assessment tools and processes, community resources, etc.) to determine an appropriate approach for students’ physical services
• Preparing reports and attending multidisciplinary case meetings to decide and review continuing treatment
• Guiding how to use special equipment installed in the classrooms
• Assisting other staff as may be required for supporting them in the completion of their work activities
Requirements
• Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited university required
• Must possess a valid Virginia Physical Therapist License
• Must possess or be able to obtain a valid and appropriate state driver’s license prior to employment
APTS® or any of its subsidiaries, does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. APTS® is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.
APTS is a year round special education day school offering a highly structured classroom setting for students whose disabilities include Autism and other Developmental Disabilities, not limited to Emotional and or Learning Disabilities. The program specializes in an intensive delivery of services to students who engage in self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) as well as aggressive behaviors.
The primary focus is to support and challenge students in becoming as successful as they can be by facilitating their availability to learn and grow academically, socially, emotionally and in other areas of their lives. With full implementation of students’ Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), students engage in the learning processes at APTS through academic, vocational and life skills tracks.
To learn more, visit our website: https://www.aptsinc.org/
