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Nov 15, 2024
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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Communication Sciences and Disorders Major with Initial Teacher Certification
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The Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders with Initial Teacher Certification is a pre-professional program in speech-language pathology and audiology that includes coursework beyond the basic degree program, and that is designed to prepare students for supervised entry-level employment in the school setting within New York State. Students who follow the major sequence, satisfy minimum course and grade point average requirements, and who obtain specified competencies meet the requirements established by the New York State Department of Education for initial certification as a Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLDS). The program is designed to prepare students for graduate study in the area of Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, or Deaf Education. Students are provided opportunities to apply their knowledge through work in the campus Speech and Hearing Clinic, and through off-campus service learning opportunities. Students in the certification program also complete a student teaching experience.
Students seeking initial TSSLD certification must take the LAST and ATS-W tests prior to student teaching. Both tests must be passed in order to earn certification. The State of New York requires all persons working in the school setting, including teachers, be fingerprinted prior to entry into the school setting.
Students who earn the initial teacher certification must obtain a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology, satisfy work requirements, and convert the initial certificate to a Professional certificate within five years in order to remain employed in the school setting.
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Communication Sciences and Disorders Core
The following courses are required for all Communication Science and Disorders
majors:
NYS Teacher of Students with Speech-Language Disabilities
Additional courses required for NYS Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities include the equivalent of at least two semesters college-level study of a language other than English. As well as: Initial Certification Requirements
To be eligible for initial certification as Teacher of Students with
Speech and Language Disabilities, a minimum grade of C is required in the
following courses: Communication Sciences and Disorders Senior Experience
As a part of the Senior Experience, students participate in three senior
seminars. These promote the integration of liberal arts and the major by
encouraging critical thinking, problem solving, reflection on professional
experiences, and discussion of ethical and cultural issues. The seminars
encourage in the participants an appreciation of the relationship of the major
with disciplines such as history, philosophy, religious studies and the natural
and social sciences.
Communication Sciences and Disorders Sample Program
Communication Sciences and Disorders with initial Birth-12
Certification: Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities
with Initial NYS Education Certification Program Freshman Year
- Perspectives I Credits: 10
As well as: Sophomore Year
- Perspectives I Credits: 3
- Modern Foreign Language or American Sign Language* Credits: 6
As well as: Junior Year
- Perspectives I Credits: 9
- Perspectives II Credits: 6
- Liberal Arts Elective* Credits: 3
As well as: Senior Year
- Liberal Arts Elective Credits: 9
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