Post-Baccalaureate Speech and Language Education Program (SLEP)

The Post-Baccalaureate Speech and Language Education Program provides an opportunity for students with a bachelor’s degree or higher to apply for the Endorsement for Speech and Language Impairments from the Nevada Department of Education or obtain the necessary academic requirements to apply to graduate programs in speech-language pathology. The endorsement s limited to the public school systems in the state of Nevada. The Post-Baccalaureate Speech and Language Education Program does not lead to a degree. Students completing the program will need to apply for a teaching license through the Nevada Department of Education.

Each program begins in the fall and courses must be taken in the following sequence:

Fall I:

SPA 201Introduction to Communication Disorders

3.00

SPA 320Introduction to Phonetics

3.00

SPA 340Speech and Language Development

3.00

Spring I

SPA 330Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Language Mechanism

3.00

SPA 362Introduction to Audiology I

3.00

EDU 203Introduction to Special Education

3.00

Summer I

SPA 364Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders

3.00

SPA 491AExtended Experience in SLP: Articulation Disorders Lab

3.00

EDSP 432Parent Involvement and Family Engagement for Students with/without Disabilities

3.00

Fall II

SPA 467Communication and Language Disorders in Children

3.00

SPA 491BExtended Experience in SLP: Communication and Language Disorders LAB

3.00

EDRL 442Literacy Instruction I

3.00

Spring II

SPA 400Assessment of Communication Disorders

3.00

SPA 491CExtended Experiences in SLP: Assessment LAB

3.00

SPA 461Articulation II: Diagnosis and Treatment of Speech Disorders

3.00

Summer II

SPA 401Fluency and Voice Disorders

3.00

SPA 466Aural Habilitation and Rehabilitation

3.00

Fall III

SPA 370Methods of Clinical Management

3.00

PSY 330Foundations of Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Childhood

3.00

Spring III

SPA 441Clinical Practicum

10.00