Graduate Certificate in Communicative Disorders Assistant

Students gain knowledge and hands-on experience to work in an adjunctive capacity as support personnel to qualified Speech-Language Pathologists and/or Audiologists in a variety of treatment settings. Students focus on conducting programming after the Speech-Language Pathologist or the Audiologist has completed the assessment and determined the therapy plan, as well as practicing the variety of other types of duties within this profession.

Based on a thorough understanding of physiological and functional speech/language and hearing disorders, students develop programming skills and learn intervention techniques to evoke and sustain communication behaviors. In addition, students identify the behavior and environmental factors that can potentially support or erode the efficacy of therapy.