Bring the Expertise of ASHA-Certified Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists to Your School

Alexis Alston, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC

What does it take to be ASHA-certified?

from an accredited program

of supervised clinical experience

on national examination

of 30+ hours every three years

1 in 12

2 to 3 in 1,000

25 percent

ASHA certification stands for professional excellence that is achieved because of the following:

ASHA-certified professionals acquire experience in an interdisciplinary setting alongside certified healthcare professionals over a course of 1,600+ hours.
ASHA certification is the public’s assurance that an individual has voluntarily met rigorous, peer-developed and reviewed standards of a national professional body.
ASHA-certified professionals possess the demonstrated knowledge and skills consistent with the ability to practice independently.
The ASHA certification process is governed by a code of ethics that ensures members’ responsibility to patients and professionalism is honored to the highest degree.
ASHA-certified professionals stay on top of developments in the practice of their professions through the professional education they pursue to maintain their certification.
ASHA-certified professionals possess demonstrated skills derived from rigorous training and education, as well as experience treating students from a wide variety of backgrounds.