ASLP-IC: New York is not a member state of the Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC). Information on the current status of the ASLP-IC can be found on the ASLP-IC website.

Telepractice: Providers must hold a state license and adhere to the same requirements as in-person practice.

Temporary Practice for Out-of-State Providers: Out-of-state licensed providers can provide services for no more than 30 days per calendar year and under the supervision of or in conjunction with a New York licensee.

Audiologist

• State license

Speech-Language Pathologist

1. Pathway: Approved Teacher Preparation Program

• • Completion of a NYS-registered program - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • Institutional recommendation - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam - Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Workshop - Dignity For All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

2. Pathway: Approved Prep Program Transitional B Certificate: Holds/Held a Transitional B Certificate

• • Completion of a NYS-registered program - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • Institutional recommendation - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam - Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Workshop - Dignity for All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

3. Pathway: Approved Teacher Prep Program - Additional Certificate

• • Hold a valid NYS Classroom Teaching Certificate
  • Completion of a NYS-registered program - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • Institutional recommendation - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam - Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Workshop - Dignity for All Students Act
  • Fingerprint Clearance

4. Pathway: Individual Evaluation

• • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum 2.50 undergraduate GPA
  • General core in liberal arts and sciences: 30 semester hours
    • College coursework: Artistic Expression, Communication, Information Retrieval, Humanities, Language other than English (including ASL), Written Analysis and Expression, Concepts in Historical and Social Sciences, Scientific Process, and Mathematical Processes
  • Content core: Speech and Language Disabilities - 30 semester hours
  • Pedagogical core: 21 semester hours
    • College coursework: Human Development and Learning; Teaching Students with Disabilities & Special Health-Care Needs; Teaching Literacy Skills Methods (three semester hours); Teaching Literacy Skills (three semester hours); Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; Foundations of Education
  • Additional pedagogy: Speech and Language Disabilities - six semester hours
    • College coursework: Foundations of Special Education and assisting SLD students and teachers with teaching and learning of the general education curriculum
  • College supervised practicum: Speech and Language Disabilities - 150 clock hours
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam - Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Workshops - Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Intervention and Prevention, Autism, and Dignity For All Students Act 
  • Fingerprint clearance

5. Pathway: Additional Classroom Teaching Certificate

• • Hold a valid NYS teaching certificate
  • Content core: Speech and Language Disabilities - 30 semester hours
  • Pedagogical core
    • College coursework: Teaching Literacy Skills Methods (three semester hours)
  • Additional pedagogy: Speech and Language Disabilities - six semester hours
    • College coursework: Foundations of Special Education and assisting SLD students and teachers with teaching and learning of the general education curriculum
  • College supervised practicum: Speech and Language Disabilities - 150 clock hours
  • Workshops - Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Intervention and Prevention, Autism, and Dignity For All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

6. Pathway: Completion of a College Teacher Education Program in another U.S. State

• • Completion of a comparable approved program in another jurisdiction - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum 2.50 undergraduate GPA
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam - Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Workshops - Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Intervention and Prevention, and Dignity For All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

7. Pathway: Endorsement of a Classroom Teaching Certificate

• • Possess a valid, comparable, U.S. State or Territory Certificate - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • Bachelor's degree or higher
  • Minimum 2.50 undergraduate GPA
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam: Educating All Students Test (EAS) - three years
  • Received Effective or Higher Evaluation Ratings: Speech and Language Disabilities - three years
  • Workshops - Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Intervention and Prevention, Autism, and Dignity For All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

8. Pathway: NYS Professional License

• • License and Registration - NYS Speech-Language-Pathology License
  • Workshops - Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Intervention and Prevention, Autism, and Dignity For All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

9. Pathway: ASHA Program

• • Master's or higher degree - ASHA Accredited Speech-Language Pathology Program
  • Clinical Practicum in School Setting - 150 Clock Hours
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam - Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Workshops - Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Intervention and Prevention, Autism, and Dignity For All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

10. Pathway: IHE Professor Experience

• • Bachelor’s degree or higher in subject - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • Additional education - graduate degree
  • Pedagogical Core - six semester hours of undergraduate-level college coursework OR four semester hours of graduate-level college coursework
  • Two years of paid post-secondary teaching experience
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam - Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Workshops - Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Intervention and Prevention, Autism, Dignity For All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

11. Pathway: Transitional G Certificate Progression

• • Holds/Held a Transitional G Certificate - Speech and Language Disabilities
  • Teaching experience under a valid Transitional G certificate: Speech and Language Disabilities - two years
  • NYS Teacher Certification Exam - Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Workshops - Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Intervention and Prevention, Dignity For All Students Act
  • Fingerprint clearance

Continuing Education: 100 hours of professional development every five years

A state license is required to work in early intervention in New York.

Audiology Assistant

Health Care Setting

• Not regulated, prohibited from practice

School Setting

• Not regulated, prohibited from practice

Speech-Language Pathology Assistant

Health Care Setting

• Not regulated, prohibited from practice

School Setting

• Not regulated, prohibited from practice

State Board for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Phone: 518-474-3817, ext. 100  
Email: speechbd@nysed.gov

New York State Education Department
Phone: 518-474-3901
Email: tcert@nysed.gov

New York Department of Health, Early Intervention Program
Phone: 518-486-6357
Email: beipub@health.ny.gov

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