COMD 5354 Clinical Practicum-Initial

During this initial practicum course, students begin completing part of the 400 hours of practicum required by the American Speech-Language Association, as a major requirement for certification in speech-language pathology. Each student will complete at least 36 hours working directly with patients providing diagnostic and therapy services under the supervision of a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist. These services are delivered exclusively at the Speech-Language-Pathology Graduate Program’s Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic- SLHC. The SLHC is housed within the Family Medicine Unit at the Health Science Center. The SLHC is the SLP Graduate Program’s clinical education facility and all speech-language pathology supervisors are employees of the Graduate Program.

This initial practicum course requires 25 hours of clinical observation that students typically complete during their undergraduate years. The goal of this course is to help students develop the required clinical and professional competencies to meet certification standards, and to develop as efficient and competent healthcare providers. As such, students will receive 100% supervision, and will transition to COMD 5355 Advanced Practicum only after having successfully completed this initial practicum course.

If the Program issues a conditional admission to a student who had not completed the 25 observation hours prior to joining the program, the student must first complete these hours via direct observation at the clinic (or using recorded therapy sessions from the Master Clinician Network) by mid-September. With this requirement completed, the student will begin working with patients in mid-September.

Credits

3

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