{"id":10640,"date":"2014-04-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=10640"},"modified":"2017-02-07T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:56:31","slug":"do-you-know-who-is-providing-your-childs-speech-language-therapy-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/do-you-know-who-is-providing-your-childs-speech-language-therapy-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Know Who is Providing Your Child\u2019s Speech-Language Therapy?   Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Do%20You%20Know%20Who%20is%20Providing%20Your%20Child%E2%80%99s%20Speech-Language%20Therapy%3F%20%20%20Part%202\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px solid black; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 0px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/teacher.teen.girl.500.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" \/>One of the most controversial posts we&#8217;ve published on the Wrightslaw Way Blog was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=129\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Do You Know Who is Providing Your Child&#8217;s Speech-Language Therapy?<\/span><\/a>&#8221; (Blog Discussion Part 1)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/do-you-know-who-is-providing-your-childs-speech-language-therapy\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/do-you-know-who-is-providing-your-childs-speech-language-therapy\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you thought we questioned SLPAs, their abilities, and qualifications, not so.<\/p>\n<p>But, there are areas of concern for parents.<\/p>\n<p>If your child is receiving speech-language services, make sure you know if a trained, certified, or licensed individual is providing your child&#8217;s speech therapy.<\/p>\n<p>The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is very clear about expectations for speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs), what they can and what they cannot do. Learn about educational and training requirements for SLPAs.<\/p>\n<p>Appropriate use and supervision of trained SLPAs can fill the gap often caused by a shortage of speech-language pathologists (SLPs).<\/p>\n<p>Issues to consider:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. IEP Lists SLP\/staff as the Speech Therapy Provider<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cstaff\u201d may refer to anyone on the school staff who is willing to do speech therapy \u2014 including untrained substitutes, aides, and paraprofessionals. The list goes on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Fully Informed Parents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you agree in the IEP to speech-language services for your child, you should be fully informed about what you are consenting to, including who will provide therapy services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Adequate Supervision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can an SLPA replace a SLP? No.<\/p>\n<p>According to ASHA, no one can employ an SLPA without a speech-language pathologist as supervisor. SLPAs are not trained for independent practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Know Your State Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>States have different regulations and requirements for speech-language support personnel. State laws may differ from ASHA&#8217;s guidelines and requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/relsvc.sp.lang.providers.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Do You Know Who is Providing Your Child\u2019s Speech-Language Therapy?<\/span><\/a> to find the responsibilities within (and without) the scope of practice for SLPAs and links to ASHA Guidelines. You will find more about informed parent consent and supervision requirements for SLPAs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/relsvc.sp.lang.providers.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/relsvc.sp.lang.providers.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asha.org\/PRPSpecificTopic.aspx?folderid=8589934664&amp;section=Key_Issues\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">ASHA Speech Language Pathology Assistants Overview and Key Issues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wrightslaw webpage: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/relsvc.sp.lang.providers.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Do You Know Who is Providing Your Child\u2019s Speech-Language Therapy?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/do-you-know-who-is-providing-your-childs-speech-language-therapy\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Do You Know Who is Providing Your Child\u2019s Speech-Language Therapy? &#8211; Blog Discussion Part 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wrightslaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/relsvc.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Related Services<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most controversial posts we&#8217;ve published on the Wrightslaw Way Blog was &#8220;Do You Know Who is Providing Your Child&#8217;s Speech-Language Therapy?&#8221; (Blog Discussion Part 1) https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/do-you-know-who-is-providing-your-childs-speech-language-therapy\/ If <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/do-you-know-who-is-providing-your-childs-speech-language-therapy-part-2\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1274],"tags":[1109,1108,1147,249,1106,232,771,246,1107],"class_list":["post-10640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-related-services","tag-american-speech-language-hearing-association","tag-asha","tag-informed-parent-consent","tag-slp","tag-slpa","tag-speech-iep","tag-speech-language-services","tag-speech-language-therapy","tag-speech-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10640"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21032,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10640\/revisions\/21032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}