Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science | University of Colorado at Boulder

Currently accepting applications for the SLPP cohort beginning in summer 2010

Complete 24 credits and you will be on your way to a new career path as an Speech Pathologist Assistant (SLPA) or as a Speech Language Pathologist!

The University of Colorado at Boulder is developing a series of distance coursework to be offered through CU Continuing Education to prepare individuals, who have a BA/BS degree, to continue their education to complete pre-requisites to become qualified service providers in Colorado Public Schools as a:

Speech Language Pathology Assistant
Independent Speech Language Pathologist at the MA level

The initiative is the result of collaboration among the Colorado Consortium (speech, language & hearing sciences programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Northern Colorado, and Metropolitan State College of Denver), the Colorado Department of Education and the BOCES Association of Colorado. This initiative provides a path to address the continuing shortage of qualified personnel to work with students with communication, language, and learning challenges in our public schools.

Coursework involves 24 credits of pre-requisite coursework to be completed in 5 semesters (2 courses each semester). These courses are needed to qualify for admission to an existing SLPA certification programs and/or MA level graduate programs in the state of Colorado.

Program Requirements: Applicants must have a BA/BS degree, a GPA of 2.7, and complete all application requirements.

A number of seats in each cohort will be reserved for those qualified individuals who are sponsored or funded by their BOCES or administrative unit and who comply with all deadlines.

Contact the program administrator at SLPP@colorado.edu or 303-492-3066. Please note that you will receive a quicker response if you contact the adminsitrator via e-mail.