Confessions of a Stockton Graduate Student: Stockton's Speech & Hearing Clinic

One of the many wonderful benefits of pursuing your Master's of Science in Communication Disorders at Stockton University is our Speech & Hearing Clinic. The clinic is conveniently located 5 minutes away from Stockton's main campus on Jimmie Leads Road.

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More information about the Stockton Speech & Hearing Clinic

Purpose

The major role of the Speech and Hearing Clinic is to introduce students to hands-on therapeutic techniques in speech-language and audiological disorders by providing a supervised learning experience in which to offer services to the community. Each student is expected to complete specified direct clock hours of observation, therapy, and evaluation. Certified members of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association closely supervise all students.
The Speech and Hearing Clinic is a function of the degree programs in Speech Pathology and Audiology at Stockton University. The clinic has two major purposes:

To serve as a training ground for students who are preparing to become speech-language pathologists
To provide therapeutic and diagnostic services for children and adults with disorders of communication

Clinic Services

The services of Stockton University Speech and Hearing Clinic are of two kinds: evaluation of speech, language, and hearing; and rehabilitation for those who need such help.
Evaluations are conducted on an individual basis. As a result of the evaluation, a client may be enrolled in therapy, referred for additional testing, or referred to other resources.
Therapy sessions are performed by graduate students who work under the careful supervision of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist certified by the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Clients are seen once or twice a week for individual 50 minute sessions.

Students in Stockton's MSCD program complete their first clinical practicum at the clinic under direct supervision of ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologists. I can say from experience, clinic I is what gave me my true confidents as a clinician. I had an amazing supervisor, challenging clients, and learned more than ever imaginable. Ironically, I am still using things I learned with my school-aged clients in my current geriatric population.