Are there requirements to supervise student clinicians?
Yes. Supervisors should have established competency in any area of practice in which the supervisor or student may engage (e.g., supervisors without experience and competency working with pediatric populations should not supervise a student who is working with a child). The Issues in Ethics Statement on Supervision of Student Clinicians includes further discussion of this issue. To meet ASHA’s Standards for the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), student clinicians must be supervised by an individual who holds the CCC in the appropriate area of practice (see Standard IV-E of speech-language pathology standards). University programs also may require the supervisor to hold the necessary state credential to practice in their setting, i.e. license and/or teacher certification.
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