COMD Syllabus Statement for Guided Clinical Observation Hours
Guided Clinical Observation Hours are a Speech Language Pathology certification requirement. Detailed information on the requirements and purpose of these hours is found in the 2020 ASHA CFCC Speech-Language Pathology Certification Standard V-C. The supervising SLP must hold ASHA CCCs and an additional 2 hour's training in supervision with ASHA.
In several courses throughout the undergraduate ComD program, there will be the opportunity to earn guided clinical observation hours in accordance with ASHA standards. Guided clinical observation hours earned during that semester must be signed and verified in the semester in which they are earned. The supervisor signature must be obtained by the last day of finals for that semester.
To earn these clinical observation hours the student has the responsibility to actively participate in observing and debriefing with a certified supervisor. A document that can be used to track your hours can be found here.
It is the student's responsibility to document and retain the records of their observation hours - not the class professor/supervisor's.
The COMD 460 Clinical Observation capstone class will provide 25 clinical observation as part of the class assignments and discussions.