Speech-Language Pathology
Program Description
In accordance with standard practices of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), student clinicians are supervised by speech-language pathologists licensed by the state of New Jersey and accredited with a Certificate of Clinical Competence from ASHA.
Typical graduate internships run ten to eighteen weeks. Students are guided through a continuum of learning phases: observation, planning, co-treatment, and treatment. Undergraduates may request observation hours.
Population
- Multiply Disabled Classification
- Early intervention, preschool, elementary, and middle school students (birth to 14 years of age).
- Evaluation and treatment on-site at P.G. Chambers School and off-site at school contracts (birth to 21 years of age)
Program Highlights
- Oral motor and feeding
- Augmentative Alternative Communication (ACC)
- Collaborative and integrated service delivery
Helpful Coursework
- Dysphagia
- Child language disorders
- Augmentative Alternative Communication (ACC)
- Phonological disorders
- Clinical practicum
Contact
Click here to email Sarah Vitale, Director of Speech and Communication
For more information regarding requirements for a graduate externship, refer to the following website: www.asha.org
Quotes
“My internship at P.G. Chambers School was a valuable part of my student clinical training. My supervisor provided a great balance between providing me with guidance and allowing me the independence to hone my clinical skills, while I gained strong experience in areas such as feeding therapy and augmentative alternative communication. Best of all, as a graduate intern, I was considered not “just a student,” but an integral part of the dedicated team serving the diverse student population at P.G. Chambers [School]. My internship there was without a doubt a rewarding experience, both professionally and personally.”
Lisa Hatala, M.S., CF-SLP Graduate of William Paterson University
“I spent the summer of 2007 as a speech intern at P. G. Chambers School and had a wonderful growing experience. Areas of special learning for me included: apraxia of speech, collaboration between the speech, occupational, and physical therapy departments, assistive communication and technology, auditory processing, and sensory integration. P. G. Chambers [School] is a caring environment where staff have a strong work ethic and are always striving to meet the individual needs of each of their students. I will always appreciate the great experience I had during this internship.”
Patty Keiling, M.S., CF-SLP Graduate of Kean University