ASHA Certificate Of Clinical Competence:
The ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) may be awarded for successful completion of: your master's degree from an ASHA accredited program; the NESPA exam (Praxis II)*; and, the SLP Clinical Fellowship. The Certificate permits the holder to provide independent clinical speech‑language and/or audiology services and to supervise clinical practice.
Individuals who hold CCC are required by signature to subscribe to the ASHA Code of Ethics. Please see Appendix H for a copy of the ASHA Code of Ethics.
You may obtain an ASHA CCC application from the ASHA website http://www.ASHA.org. Carefully read the application and follow all directions for completing the forms. You need only to submit pages 1, 2, and the final Director Verification page. If you have questions, ask your program director for assistance.
Your ASHA application may be signed by your program director during or after successfully completing your graduation audit and after passing your special project or completing a thesis. Please see requirements for your graduation audit under the section "Preparation for Graduation: The Graduation Audit," in this handbook. If all requirements have been met, the program director will endorse the application and RETURN IT TO YOU! Please do not submit a check with your application. The Department will not send your application to ASHA! We will make a copy of your application materials for your file. You are responsible for sending the completed application to ASHA!
ASHA’s New Standards and Implementation for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology may be found in Appendix N.
ASHA's address, phone #, and web site address are:
The American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852-3279
(301) 897‑5700
URL: www.asha.org
The Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellowship (SLPCF):
Arrangements for completion of your SLPCF are made between you (the Clinical Fellow) and your SLPCF supervisor, external to Departmental interaction. Carefully read about the SLPCF requirements at the ASHA web site.
You will be expected to complete a Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellowship that entails a mentoring relationship for the fellow and verification of 36 weeks of successful full-time employment (or its equivalent).
*Praxis II Note: The department strongly urges students who fail Praxis II to retake the test in the same academic year. For example, if you fail in the spring, retake the exam in the summer not the fall. The academic year runs from September 1st - August 1st.