SLP Medical-Based Clinical Externship

This course provides full-time opportunities to apply and learn appropriate professional and clinical skills, critical thinking, and clinical decision-making skills while engaged in prevention, identification, evaluation, diagnosis, planning, implementation and/or intervention of communication disorders in medical or private practice settings. Speech-language diagnostic sessions and individual or group therapy sessions will be arranged and supervised by an ASHA certified SLP employed by the off-campus practicum site. This course is designed to meet the requirements of ASHA and CAA skills competencies across the lifespan and total clinical hours requirements. Prerequisite: 527.