Speech-language pathologists who work
in the public schools must have school certification. Below are listed
the requirements for Connecticut State Board of Education school
certification as Speech-Language Pathologists. Courses used to
fulfill these requirements are also listed. Although completion of
these requirements requires a Master's Degree, students planning to
acquire this certification may begin meeting some of the requirements
as part of their undergraduate program. Students who plan to do their
graduate training in Connecticut will be required to submit evidence of
a combined score of at least 1,000 on quantitative and verbal portions
of the SAT. If a student cannot meet this requirement s/he must take
and pass the CONNCEPT examination. Students who plan to do graduate
study in another state and who plan to obtain certification in that
state are urged to investigate the requirements particular to that
state, as they are occasionally different from Connecticut's.
- A bachelor's degree from an
approved institution.
- Complete requirements for the Master
of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology including course work in:
Speech Science, Normal Processes in Speech and Language Acquisition,
Experimental Methods in Communication, Neuropathologies of Speech and
Language in Adults, Speech and Language Disorders, Audiological
Assessment, and Aural Rehabilitation.
Requirements include a minimum of
three semester hours of credit in curriculum and methods of providing
clinical services to children with communication impairments in schools:
CDIS 251 Intro to Articulation,
Voice and Fluency Disorders
CDIS 348 Language Assessment
CDIS 353 Articulation Disorders
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A minimum of six semester hours of
credit in professional education, including course work in such area
as:
EDCI 340 History of Western
Education
EDCI 356 Comparative and
International Education
EDCI 359 Philosophy of Education
EPSY 221 Educational Psychology
EPSY 334 Individual Differences in
Learners
EPSY 335 Learning: Its Implication
for Education
EPSY 358 Applied Behavior Analysis
EPSY 359 Theories of Learning:
Cognition and Instruction
HDFR 202 Human Development: Infancy
through Adolescence
HDFR 284 Adolescence: Youth and
Society
HDFR 365 Human Development and
Family Relations over the Life Span
HDFR 384 Theories of Human
Development
HDFR 385 Seminar in Advanced Child
Development
PSYC 220 Learning
PSYC 236 Developmental Psychology
PSYC 238 Child Psychology
PSYC 256 Cognition and Problem
Solving
PSYC 333 Cognitive Development
PSYC 335 Special Topics in
Developmental Psychology
PSYC 336 Advanced Child Psychology
EDCI 307 Resources in
Bilingual-Bicultural Education and ESL
EDCI 312 Bilingualism and Language
Acquisition
EDCI 325 Introduction to Curriculum
Development
EDCI 384 Seminar (Analysis of
Issues and Research in Education)
EPSY 307 Curriculum Issues in the
Classroom
EPSY 333 Instructional Strategies
and Adaptations for Students with Special Learning Needs
EPSY 371 School-Based Systems
Intervention
PSYC 341 Reading Acquisition and
Reading Disorders
- Student Teaching (6 credits). Not
open to undergraduate students. Offered as part of the Masters Program
for those enrolled in the Teacher Certification Program for College
Graduates (TCPCG) through the School of Education.
- Course of study in special education
EPSY 308 Instruction for Students
with Special Needs in the Mainstream
(not open to undergraduate students)
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Instruction on the effect of
nicotine, tobacco, alcohol, and drugs
AH 101 Health Concerns and
Wellness
EDCI 233 Social and Community
Issues
