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Clinical Supervision:
Do I need special training to be a
supervisor?
In order to
provide quality clinical supervision, speech-language pathologists who accept
interns are encouraged establish and maintain competence in supervision. ASHA has numerous resources on
supervision to help you. Go
to the ASHA Web site at http://www.asha.org/slp/supervision.htm . Contact the university liaison for
additional resources.
Supervisors
are required to have a current ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence and hold current state credentials for
their work setting as required. It
is desirable that the supervisor has at least three years of clinical
experience before taking a student intern.
How are off-campus clinical education
placements made?
Students are
required to get a breadth and depth of clinical experiences over the course of
their graduate education. Students
strive to accrue experiences with
clients of various ages with varying social/cultural backgrounds, with needs
across the “Big Nine” CSD categories: articulation/phonology, voice/resonance,
fluency, receptive/expressive language, social communication, cognitive
communication, swallowing, modalities, and hearing. To do this, students typically complete off-campus placements
in one medical and in one education setting.
The
university liaison meets with graduate students during their first semester of
graduate school to begin the off-campus placement process. Students’ preferences are considered in
the process, but the focus must stay on getting a breadth of clinical education
experiences. Students do have
opportunities to complete full-time externships in other cities if the
placement meets their education needs, if the department considers the
placement request appropriate, if the site accepts the student, if an affiliation
agreement can be put in place, and if there is a speech-language pathologist
with their CCCs and state credentials who is available to take the student
during the time frame requested.
How are supervisors selected?
Each site has their own policies regarding how a supervisor is selected to take a student intern. Please contact your administrators to learn how the process works in your facility. On occasion, an organization asks the university liaison to work directly with their speech-language pathologists to arrange the placements. More often, the university liaison works with the organization’s Human Resources Department, the organization’s director or program administrator. The administrator contacts their speech-language pathologists and then informs the university liaison who the supervisor will be for a given intern.
How do I volunteer to take a student?
If you are
interested in taking graduate student interns from our program, thank you!!
Please check your organization’s policies on taking student interns and on
arranging placements. Contact Lynette Carlson, the university liaison for
off-campus placements, at lrcarlso@d.umn.edu or 218-726-6151.
I am interested in taking an intern,
but the university program has not sent one. What might explain that?
Sometimes we
have speech-language pathologists at sites with incredible potential to offer a
rich educational experience, and no student interns get placed with them. There could be a number of reasons a
student is not placed at the site.
If you have questions
about why a student has not been placed at your site, please contact the
university liaison for off-campus placements.
I have accepted a student. How will I know when they are
coming? What are the dates of the
student’s placement?
Typically, when
the placement is finalized, the liaison will send a confirmation of the
placement by email or postal mail. As the internship starting dates nears, you will receive a letter in the
mail with further details about the placement. Most information and resources needed for the placement are
available on the UMD CSD Web site.
Can I interview the student or get a
resume before the student begins?
Supervisors
or organizations can require that a student participate in an interview. This
request should be made when the placement is first arranged. All students in the Department of Communication Sciences and
Disorders create an ePortfolio as a part of their education in the
program. Supervisors may request
that the student send them an ePortfolio which highlights their academic and
clinical education which has prepared them for the off-campus placement.
How much of the practicum do I need
to directly supervise?
Supervisors
must provide as much supervision as they determine the intern requires in order to ensure the client receives
quality service, and never less than 25%. Your facility, payers, and other regulating agencies may also have rules
and regulations regarding the amount of supervision required.
Do I have to be on-site when my
student is on-site?
A
supervising SLP with CCCs must be on site when the intern is working with
clients. If
you need to be gone on a day the student is schedule, the student is NOT
allowed to provide therapy or diagnostic services unless there is another
ASHA-Certified supervisor who will assume supervision duties for you.
Students cannot be used for coverage.
The intern has had coursework but has
never had clients like the ones on my caseload. Why is that the case?
Over the
course of their first year of graduate school, students are focused primarily
on completing academic coursework in preparation for more intensive clinical
education. Students do have
limited internships in the university clinic, but have had fewer than 10
different client assignments before starting their off-campus placements. Students have accrued only about 175
clock hours before going off-campus for an internship, and they may have fewer
than 100 hours before going off-campus for a mini-practicum.
Off-campus
placements play a major role in the students’ clinical education. It is their opportunity to learn to
“put it all together,” to apply academic and limited clinical knowledge and
skills to a more comprehensive clinical education experience. As students, they have a lot to
learn from off-campus supervisors and other professionals and clients in the
off-campus setting. To learn more
about supporting student learning, please go to the Off-Campus Supervisor
Education in the CSD Resources Web page: http://www.d.umn.edu/csd/resources.html .
My intern seems to prefer another
setting. Why were they sent here
to work with me?
The CSD Graduate Degree and ASHA
Certification Standards both require a student to obtain a breadth and depth of
clinical experiences. In order to
obtain their degree, students generally have off-campus placements that include
one medical setting with adults and one school or pediatric clinic. Students are encouraged to keep
an open mind about working in various settings with clients who have a variety
of communication impairments. While some students may have a preference for a certain setting when going
into a placement, they often expand their ideas of the types of settings in
which they would consider working. Students often do not realize their options until they have more
experiences.
Can I submit a grade electronically?
At this time, the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is unable to offer an electronic version of the Grading Protocol. Student privacy under FERPA regulations presents limitations in electronic exchange of grades. Please submit all grades via paper/postal mail.
Who do I contact if I have concerns
about my intern’s performance?
The
university liaison is your contact for any questions or concerns regarding the
internship or the intern. Lynette
Carlson is the university liaison for off-campus placements.
Lynette
Carlson
How can I provide feedback to the program?
The
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders appreciates the feedback
from off-campus supervisors. Supervisors are welcome to contact the university liaison at any time to
provide feedback: lrcarlso@d.umn.edu . The university liaison will send a survey to off-campus
supervisors after the placement has ended, asking about the clinical education
experience. Returning this survey
is another means of providing feedback. Composite feedback from off-campus supervisors and from student interns
is shared with the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and with
the CSD Community Advisory Committee, to foster continuing improvement in the
undergraduate and graduate programs.
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