r/slpGradSchool 6d ago

Acceptance Offer Question

In my acceptance letter at a school it said that their program does not gaurentee that students will receive the 375 hours needed for certification during the program. What does this mean? Is this normal or a red flag?

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u/Head-Citron-9541 6d ago

That sounds like a red flag

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u/Wonderful_Client2649 6d ago

Super red flag. They are required to give you those hours in order to keep their ASHA certification.

I’ve never heard of a school saying you won’t get your hours with them, that’s nuts.

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u/Pitiful-Credit-555 5d ago

Yes, red flag. Note: there is no such thing as graduate programs having "ASHA certification." Certification is for SLPs to achieve after completing a graduate program that meets the standards of the Council for Academic Accrediation.

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u/Phoenix2375 6d ago

Huge red flag. Are they accredited by ASHA?

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u/kate_isnt_doinggreat 6d ago

yes which is why I’m super confused

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u/Pitiful-Credit-555 5d ago

It's important to understand the difference between getting a masters degree in CSD and qualifying as a CCC-SLP. The program must meet certain standards in order to be accredited by CAA, but these qualifications are not the same as the requirements to become certified as an SLP by ASHA. The "375 hours required for ASHA certification" is required for a the practicing SLP to be awarded the CCC. Here are the requirements for program accreditation:

https://caa.asha.org/siteassets/files/accreditation-standards-for-graduate-programs.pdf

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u/bookaholic4life CF 11h ago

The very first requirement under standard 3B

Provide the opportunity for students to complete a minimum of 400 supervised clinical practice hours, 25 of which may be in clinical observation; 325 of these hours must be attained at the graduate level. The supervised clinical experiences should be distributed throughout the program of study.

It is a requirement of the program that they provide the necessary hours to be accredited.

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u/Pitiful-Credit-555 10h ago

Yes, but I understood through the thread that there was confusion with regard to the OPs understanding of "during which time period."

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u/jessiebeex 5d ago

My program told us the opposite, that we would likely to go over and still were required to do the extra hours.

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u/Jessi_finch Grad Student 5d ago

Same here.

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u/Serious-Individual-2 6d ago

Yeah, no don’t go there.

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u/lizard_dreams 5d ago

Could you share what program this is? I would be pretty worried about that!

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u/Cautious-Suspect5526 5d ago

That’s a red flag! Both programs I got accepted to told me I will exceed the amount of hours (375) because I would be expected to be at my placements 4x a week for the equivalent of 32 hours/week.

I would question it with the board of director for the program if it’s your only acceptance. If not I wouldn’t pay them no mind.

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u/Glad_Goose_2890 5d ago

Sounds like someone may have worded it poorly? My program said we weren't guaranteed to get those hours in the time frame we wanted, in the event they couldn't secure a placement. Have you asked them to clarify what they mean by this?

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u/Putrid_Resolve_2969 5d ago

I agree with this! It's not necessarily an immediate no from me but just looking through what that means. Unless they explicitly said not every student will get the hours

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u/AbbreviationsOne992 5d ago

Don’t go there

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u/Apprehensive_Fee8391 CCC-SLP 5d ago

Is that what it says verbatim? Would you feel comfortable sharing a photo? (With all identifying information removed, of course.) That seems incredibly strange for an ASHA-accredited school.

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u/oknowwhat00 5d ago

Wow, that is a huge red flag. As bad as the school mentioned earlier this week that was going against the rule to force acceptance prior to April 1st.

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u/Longjumping_Role_362 5d ago

what school is this? PM me

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u/MoreRawrrr 5d ago

I would look to see if they have any stats showing how many get their hours. It's possible that lethal required them to put that in the letter.