CDA and SLA College Programs ...
This page contains links and descriptions of colleges offering Communicative Disorders Assistant or Speech Language Assistant programs. Please note that to date the Communicative Disorders Assistant Association of Canada recognizes for membership only students or graduates of approved Communicative Disorders Assistant programs. Membership application from graduates of other programs will be evaluated on an individual basis.
For further information regarding CDAAC membership please call (416) 544-3503.
- Communicative
Disorders Assistant Program
Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology - Orillia, Ontario - Communicative
Disorders Assistant
Durham College, Oshawa - Communicative
Disorders Assistant
St. Lawrence College - Cornwall, Ontario - Communication
Disorders Assistants Certificate
Brock University - St. Catharines, Ontario - Speech
Language Assistant
University College of Fraser Valley - Mission, British Columbia - Therapist Assistant Program
Medicine Hat College - Medicine Hat, Alberta - Speech
Language Pathologist Assistant
Grant MacEwan College - Edmonton, Alberta - Communicative Disorders Assistant Graduate Certificate
Lambton College - Sarnia, Ontario
Description:
The Communicative Disorders Assistant Program will prepare the graduate to work in an adjunctive capacity with a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist in a variety of service settings. Emphasis is placed on preparing the graduate to conduct remediation programming after the therapist has completed the assessment and determined the treatment approaches. The program is based on a firm understanding of physiological and functional speech/language/hearing disorders. The development of programming skills and intervention techniques appropriate for remediation of such disorders is fundamental to the program.
The comprehensive competency-based field practice will provide the student with the opportunity to develop and practise these programming and intervention skills. Career Opportunities Graduates from the program should find employment as assistants or technicians, in facilities/agencies serving clients with communicative disorders, such as schools, daycare centres, residential institutions, hospitals, nursing homes and clinics. The graduate will work under the auspices and direction of a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist and/or Audiologist.
Description:
This program prepares students to work in an adjunctive capacity to a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist in a variety of service settings. Emphasis is placed on preparing the graduate to conduct remediation programming after diagnosis and treatment approached have been designed by a therapist. The program is based on a firm understanding of physiological and functional speech/language/hearing disorders. The development of programming skills and intervention techniques appropriate for remediation of such disorders is fundamental to the program. The comprehensive competency-based field practice will provide the student with the opportunity to develop and practise these programming and intervention skills.
Please note: this program will not be running for Fall 2008
Description:
This program prepares students to work in an adjunctive capacity to a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist in a variety of service settings. Emphasis is placed on preparing the graduate to conduct remediation programming after the therapist has assessed, diagnosed, and determined the treatment approach. The program is based on a firm understanding of physiological and functional speech/language/hearing disorders.
The development of programming skills and intervention techniques appropriate for the remediation of such disorders is fundamental to this program. The comprehensive competency-based field practice will provide the student with the opportunity to develop and practice these programming and intervention skills.
Description:
Communication Disorders Assistants (also called Communicative Disorders Assistants, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, or Audiology Assistants) are supportive personnel who work under the supervision of Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists. Their duties typically include preparing therapy materials for adults and/or children who have communication and/or swallowing disorders, conducting individual and/or group therapy sessions, reporting on therapy outcomes, and carrying out routine maintenance on clinical equipment. Communication Disorders Assistants (CDAs) are employed in the same settings as Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, including hospitals, school boards, specialized rehabilitation centres, and private practice.
The program is designed to inform students about therapeutic principles and approaches that are applicable to a variety of communication disorders, and to prepare them for employment as CDAs. This program has been designed to reflect descriptions of supportive personnel from the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO) and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Students may apply to the program after completing the Speech and Language Sciences stream degree, Hearing Sciences stream degree or equivalent with an minimum overall average of 60 percent. Enrolment is limited. Applicants must submit a resume, official transcript(s), a letter of intent, and two letters of reference. Prospective students should contact the Department for additional information.
Field placements are an integral
component of this certificate program; students must successfully
complete both placements (held after the completion of all credit
courses) to graduate.
Graduate eligibility with CDAAC is currently under review.
Description:
UCFV offers an Early Childhood Education program that meets licensing requirements of the Provincial Licensing Board. The program is based on the provincial curriculum developed by the Ministry of Education, Skills and Training and adopted by Early Childhood Education training programs throughout the province as the minimum standard for educating adults to work with young children. A Speech and Language diploma if offered. This is a part-time, evening, post-certificate-level set of eight courses (and one daytime practicum) offered at Mission campus.
Graduates are not eligible for membership in CDAAC.
Description:
Medicine Hat College's Therapist Assistant Program prepares paraprofessional health service personnel to work in a variety of environments under the supervision of Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, or Speech-Language Pathologists.
Graduates are not eligible for membership in CDAAC.
Description:
The SLPA stream of the Therapist Assistant diploma covers the theoretical knowledge, skill development and practical experience required to work in the field.
Students learn to apply their skills in real clinical situations, gaining the confidence to move right into practice.
Graduates are not eligible for membership in CDAAC.
Description:
The Communicative Disorders Assistant Graduate Certificate program is a one-year, three-semester program designed for students who have completed a diploma or degree or equivalent programs who wish to work in a supporting capacity with a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist in a variety of community service agencies, school settings, clinics, treatment centres, hospitals, etc. The main emphasis of the program is to prepare graduates to conduct programming with clients/patients after a professional Speech-Language pathologist and/or audiologist has completed an assessment to determine the best treatment goals for a client/patient.
New program; will be offered starting Sept 2009
Program not yet reviewed by CDAAC for membership eligibility
