Position Overview
The Center for Children and Families (CCF) seeks a Spanish–English bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to support and expand the language and literacy components of Play With Me, an evidence-informed, play-based early childhood program serving bilingual families in North Texas. This grant-funded position plays a critical role in leading Play With Me programming, developing and delivering specialized language intervention, and providing in-house evaluation and therapeutic services for children identified with language delays.

Beginning July 15, 2026, the SLP will onboard during the latter portion of the Summer Play With Me programs and transition into a leadership role for Fall semester programming. The position works closely with Dr. Anny Castilla-Earls, bilingual speech-language pathologist and Director of Clinical Research with CCF, and collaborates with the UT Dallas master’s program in speech-language pathology to support supervised clinical training for bilingual graduate students.

This is a grant-funded position. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Continued employment is contingent upon the availability of funding and satisfactory performance.

Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology or Audiology. Holds a current Speech Language Pathology license in the state of Texas or can obtain by the date of hire.

To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

Work will be performed on-site and in person.

About the Play With Me Program
Using philanthropic funding, CCF has enhanced Play With Me by intentionally infusing language development, emergent literacy, and shared book reading into guided play-based sessions. Weekly language-focused lessons and caregiver coaching strategies support parents in embedding evidence-based language activities into daily routines.

While these enhancements promote early language development broadly, children with identified language delays or disorders require more intensive intervention. This position was created to meet that need by developing and leading a specialized Play With Me–based language intervention for bilingual children, reducing delays between identification and access to care.

Children are identified through CCF’s Play With Me and Grow With Me developmental screening programs, which together screen hundreds of children annually and identify well over 100 children per year in need of language intervention.

What We Can Offer
UT Dallas is an Equal Opportunity Employer with an employee-friendly and supportive work environment. Our comprehensive compensation and benefits package that is effective as of your hire date includes:

All UT Dallas employees have access to various professional development opportunities, including a membership to Academic Impressions, LinkedIn Learning, and UT Dallas Bright Leaders Program.

Visit https://hr.utdallas.edu/employees/benefits/ for more information.

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