1.
If you have a Bachelor's degree in Speech Pathology, Speech-Hearing
Sciences, or Communication disorders, you will renew/convert into the Speech-Language Technician Certificate. The renewal requirement for the Speech-Language Technician Certificate
is "180 clock hours of graduate level coursework in the field of speech
pathology, or professional development in the areas of articulation,
voice, fluency, language disorders, low incidence disabilities,
professional issues and ethics, or service delivery models."
Speech-Language Technicians will be required to complete either 12
semester of graduate coursework in speech pathology, or 180 clock hours
of professional development, or a combination of the two. If they are
using coursework, it must be graduate coursework in speech pathology.
2. If you have a Master's degree in Speech Pathology or Communication Disorders, you will renew/convert into the Speech-Language Pathologist Certificate. The renewal requirement for the Speech-Language Pathologist Certificate
will be 60 clock hours of professional development "in the field of
speech pathology, or professional development in the areas of
articulation, voice, fluency, language, low incidence disabilities,
curriculum and instruction, professional issues and ethics, or service
delivery models."
Renewals/conversions will NOT
need to show ADE the clinical clock hours, Certificate of Clinical
Competence, exam, etc. when you renew or convert into the new
certificate.
Individuals who hold the Standard Speech /
Language Impaired certificate will be required to show completion of
180 clock hours of professional development as described on the current
renewal form. The new renewal requirement will take effect once they
renew into the Speech-Language Pathologist or Technician certificate.
Individuals
who have AZ Constitution and / or US History deficiencies on their
Speech / Language Impaired Certificates will not be required to satisfy
those deficiencies when they convert into the new certificate.
Structured English Immersion will NOT be a requirement for renewal/conversion to the new certificates.
REMEMBER YOU MUST HAVE A DHS LICENSE TO PRACTICE SPEECH THERAPY ANYWHERE IN ARIZONA! |
