Graduate Program - Clinical Education

Master of Science Degree

This is the clinical education for the graduate program. The clinical education program reflects Standard IV (CFCC, 2005) and includes:

• Standard IV-A: Curriculum of academic and clinical education that follows an appropriate sequence of learning sufficient to achieve the skills outcomes
• Standard IV-B: Possess skill in oral and written or other forms of communication sufficient for entry into professional practice
• Standard IV-C: Complete a minimum of 400 clock hours of supervised clinical experience in the practice of speech-language pathology
• Standard IV-D: Complete at least 325 of the 400 clock hours while engaged in graduate study in a program accredited in speech-language pathology
• Standard IV-E: Supervision provided by individuals who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence in the appropriate area of practice
• Standard IV-F: Supervised practicum must include experience with client/patient populations across the life span and from culturally/linguistically diverse backgrounds and with various types and severities of communication and/or related disorders, differences, and disabilities
• Standard IV-G: Complete a program of study that includes supervised clinical experiences in breadth and depth to achieve various skills outcomes in both evaluation and intervention

*The on-campus clinical education includes a variety of settings.  These settings may include the following:  Herndon Clinic, Head Start classes,  school settings, Hays Children's Center, Hays Medical Center, and various long term care facilities.

*The externship is usually a full semester of clinical work with approximately half of a semester within a school setting and half within a hospital setting.

• Actual number of weeks vary from site-to-site.
• Taken during last semester of graduate program although variations of this scheduling does occur at times.