Sec.10-145d-544. Initial educator certificate requirements

To receive an initial educator certificate for speech and language pathologist an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the following requirements, in addition to meeting the assessment requirements, as appropriate:

(a) Presents a valid license or other appropriate authorization from the Connecticut Department of Health Services to practice speech pathology, or presents evidence of meeting the conditions of subsection (e) of Section 20-413 of the Connecticut general statutes;

(b) Has completed a minimum of three semester hours of credit in curriculum and methods of providing clinical services to children with communication impairments in schools;

(c) A minimum of six semester hours of credit in professional education, including course work in such areas as:

(1) Foundations of education;

(2) Psychology: child, educational, developmental, adolescent or cognitive learning;

(3) Classroom instruction and management, bilingual/bicultural education, reading, curriculum development or behavioral management;

(d) Has completed supervised observation, participation, and full-time responsible student teaching totaling at least six but not more than 12 semester hours of credit. The student teaching requirement may be satisfied by completing a minimum of 100 clock hours of supervised clinicial practice in the employ of a board of education; and

(e) A course of study in special education comprised of not fewer than 36 clock hours, which shall include study in understanding the growth and development of exceptional children, including handicapped and gifted and talented children and children who may require special education, and methods for identifying, planning for and working effectively with special-needs children in the regular classroom.

(Effective July 1, 1995)