The master of science in speech-language pathology (M.S.S.L.P.) holds its
classes on the Newark campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
within the division of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. This program is a 65-credit,
entry-level program that prepares students to prevent, evaluate, diagnose, and treat
speech, language communication, and swallowing disorders.
This program, which will be completed over five consecutive semesters (two years),
emphasizes service delivery for multi-ethnic, socially diverse populations--including
dialectal speakers of English and bilingual/multilingual individuals--with speech,
language, communication, and swallowing disorders within an interdisciplinary
health care context. All students receive didactic content and clinical experiences
with multi-ethnic, socially diverse populations. Eligible students who meet additional
requirements will have the option of completing the Bilingual Competency Recognition
(BCR). Additional requirements for BCR include: (1) proficiency testing by MS-SLP faculty; and (2) completion of one of the external clinical practica with bilingual
clients. With a curricular emphasis on interprofessional services for
communicatively impaired ethnically diverse populations, our M.S.S.L.P. program is
expected to train students to work with both child and adult caseloads in our complex
multidisciplinary health care settings serving multi-ethnic communities.
This program will prepare students to provide contemporary speech, language,
and communicative services to a diverse clinical population within the context of
interprofessional practice. There will be three practica experiences at the Rutgers
University Speech-Language Pathology Clinic and two full-time practica in an off-campus clinical setting. The off-campus clinical experiences will be offered in a variety of clinical
settings (e.g., public/private school, hospital, skilled nursing facilities, early intervention
program, etc.).
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