Off-Campus Handbook
Handbook for Off-Campus Practicum Sites
Clinical Educator Information
(Reviewed August 2010)
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General Information
- Overview
- Practicum versus Internship
- Purposes
- Clinical Practicum Expectations
- Clinical Practicum Skills
- Site Selection
- Responsibilities
- Role of Clinical Educator
- Assuming Clinical Responsibility
- Orientation
- Speech-Language Pathology Practicum Forms
- Clinical Hours Requirements
- Amount of Supervision
- Recording Clock Hours
- Reporting Absences
- Inclement Weather
- Excused Absences from Practicum due to Workshops and Presentations
- Holidays and Vacations
- Evaluation of the Student's Performance
- Dismissal from a Practicum Site
- Professional Liability Insurance
- OSHA Infection Control Training
- HIPAA Training
- PPD and CPR
- Criminal Background Check and Drug Screening
Practicum in the Schools
- Practicum in the Schools
- Standards for Speech Language Pathologists
- Applying for Licensure in the Schools
- Form A
- Form V
- Credit Card Payment (see Form CC)
Clinical Educator Information
Clinical Population
Summary of ASHA Requirements
Expectations for Clinical Placements
Internship Information
Tasks of Clinical Education
Success Skills
Guidelines for Practicum Evaluation
- Guidelines for Clinical Practicum
- Clinical Educator Rating Scale
- Clinical Outcomes Agreement Form
- Grade Form
- Feedback Rating Form
- Behavioral Descriptors for Clinical Outcomes
- Diagnostic Feedback Form
- Treatment Feedback Form
Clock Hours
Clinical Evaluation Forms
Resources for Supervisors
- ASHA Code of Ethics
- Clinical Supervision in Speech-Language Pathology Position Statement
- Clinical Supervision in Speech-Language Pathology Technical Report
- Scope of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology
- Supervsion of Student Clinicians (Board of Ethics)
- ASHA Information concerning Student Supervision (additional resources)


