The Word: Pre-Clinical Observation Hours

In keeping with pre-contact observation hour requirements of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders has the following policy regarding pre-clinical observation hours at the undergraduate level:

• 15 hours total need to be completed prior to enrolling in CSD 360 - Introduction to Clinical Methods. Students must independently arrange these observations using the following guidelines:

• 5 hours are completed at the Nazareth Speech & Hearing Clinic. Three hours of these hours are scheduled through Mrs. Irish; two additional hours are completed during CSD 359 with Mrs. Kwiatkowski. You must use our pre-clinic observation hour form. Duplicate forms are available from Mrs. Irish at any time.

 

• 10 hours off-campus observations must be completed with ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists. No more than 5 of these hours may be completed with any one professional or at any one site.

 

ALL STUDENTS, regardless of course sequence and timeline, must turn in the completed Pre-Clinical Observation Form in order to take CSD 360/362L. These records will be collected in CSD 359 - Pre-Clinical Observation in Speech, Language and Hearing.