Speech and Language Certification Program
Speech and Language Impairment Certification Program
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Now Accepting Applications!
Cohorts begin every September!
Speech and Language Certification Program
The Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 Speech and Language Impairment Certification Program is founded on the commitment of continual and ongoing quality improvement and professional growth opportunities for aspiring educators. The goal of the program is to prepare speech and language educators with the necessary skills and capacity to improve student learning based upon the research, assessment and implementation of best practice in speech and language instruction.
This is a high quality speech and language educator training program by which all components are aligned to the standards delineated in the PA School Code. Candidates are recommended to have a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Pathology, Communication Disorders, or related field with the following required college level courses:
- Introduction to Communication Disorders
- Speech Anatomy
- Language Development
- Developmental Speech and Language Disorders
- Hearing Science and Acoustics
- Fundamental Speech Science
- Audiology
- Aural Rehabilitation
- Language Structure/Acquisition
- Neurobiological Bases of Human Communication
- Disorders of Articulation and Phonology
- Clinical Phonetics
- Professional Practices in Schools
This quality program is designed specifically to meet the Pennsylvania requirements for certification in Speech and Language.
Contact Us!
Contact: Eric Lech
Email: cliucert@cliu.org
Application Information
Phase 2 Documentation Submission (may submit one or more documents with each submission)
Email: cliucert@cliu.org
Course Information
The CLIU Speech and Language Impairment Certification Program will:
- Be delivered utilizing a hybrid (combined live & asynchronous) learning model.
- Deliver each course in a 7-week accelerated term with participants completing 5-6 courses per school year.
- Integrate field experience in every course
- Provide ongoing integrated support
Each course begins with a live, synchronous session on the first evening.
Cost: $675.00 per course
Program Course Sequence:
- Student Orientation
- School Methods 1: Intro to School Based SLI Programs
- Early Child Language Acquisition and Intervention
- School-Age Language Development
- Supporting English Learners in Any Classroom
- Neural Bases of Speech and Language
- Phonetic and Phonological Disorders
- Motor Speech Disorders
- Principles of Language Disorders
- Auditory Physiology, Hearing Loss and Language Development
- Literacy Beyond the Language Arts Classroom
- Evaluation Procedures in Speech-Language Pathology
- Fluency and Voice Disorders
- School Methods II: Evaluation Procedures & Assistive Technology
- Internship in Public Schools/Student Teaching