Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Certificate

Earn Your SLPA Credentials

Being a speech-language pathology assistant is one of the most impactful and highly rewarding careers for those who work in preschool, elementary, and secondary education settings.

You can complete the SLPA certificate as part of your 1st or 2nd Bachelor in COMDDE online or on-campus. You can also take the required courses in non-degree status after completing at least an associate degree. You can apply the coursework toward completing the USU COMDDE bachelor’s degree required for admission to SLP graduate education.

USU’s program lets you work with experts in the field to earn your certification in just 8 courses (24 credit hours). With USU’s SLPA certificate, you can:

• Work under the supervision of master’s degree speech language pathologists (SLPs) in preK-12 educational settings
• Support students with speech language impairments and learning difficulties
• Become eligible to apply for national certification through the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)

Our program is distinctive nationally because we offer the following features:

• Academic coursework in communication sciences and disorders
• Training in professional practices
• 25 guided observation hours
• Earned credit for clinical experience in the workplace
• Available in-person and online
• Available without completing a full bachelor’s degree
• Institutional SLPA certificate on the academic transcript
• Eligibility for application for national ASHA SLPA certification

You can learn more about the program and clinical requirements on the COMDDE SLPA website.

From a recent survey of 700 students, 95.8% said they would recommend USU’s COMDDE programs to others. The USU SLPA certificate is the newest program offering from COMDDE. Speech-language pathology assistants work under the supervision of master-degree speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in preK-12 educational settings, supporting students with speech-language impairments and learning difficulties. There are strong job opportunities in preK-12 educational settings across the U.S.