Students intending to practice speech-language pathology or audiology in the public schools must acquire the appropriate rehabilitative service credential. Students should be aware that changes in credential requirements are determined by Commission on Teacher Credentialing , not the Communicative Disorders Program. Basic questions regarding credentials can be answered by your advisor. The orientation and mobility credential authorizes the holder to teach orientation and mobility techniques to individuals who are visually impaired or blind from infancy through adulthood.
Program emphasizes instruction of people aged birth through the senior years.
To be eligible for work in the California Public Schools, students must complete both the Master of Science in Communicative Disorders and the Clinical Rehabilitative Services Credential in Language, Speech and Hearing, or Audiology.