Does ASHA credential speech-language pathology assistants?
Not at this time. ASHA had started a voluntary registration program for speech-language pathology assistants in 2003, of which one criterion for such registration required an associate degree from a technical training program for speech-language pathology assistants. At its spring 2003 meeting, ASHA’s Legislative Council passed a resolution to discontinue the registration program for speech-language pathology assistants and the approval process for speech-language pathology assistant technical training programs as of December 31, 2003, primarily due to financial reasons. ASHA no longer has a recognition process for associate degree technical training programs for speech-language pathology assistants nor a registration process for speech-language pathology assistants. ASHA will continue to disseminate the Guidelines for Training, Use, and Supervision of Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, which were revised in 2004. The revised Guidelines include recommended curriculum for training pr
