20 CSR 2150-4.053 - Acceptable Continuing Education
(1) A
minimum of twenty (20) hours of the required thirty (30) hours of continuing
education must be obtained as follows:
(A)
Activity/Provider approved by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
(ASHA), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), the American Medical
Association (AMA), the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management,
the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institute on Deafness and other
Communication Disorders, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of
Neurology; or courses sponsored by the Missouri Speech-LanguageHearing
Association (MSHA) or the Missouri Academy of Audiology (MAA), the Department
of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), or the Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC); and/or
(B) Academic
coursework at a regionally accredited college or university in subject matter
as specified in subsection (2)(D) of this rule.
(2) A maximum of ten (10) hours of the
required thirty (30) hours of continuing education may be obtained from
entities other than those specified in subsection (1)(A), as follows:
(A) Activity that can be documented by the
licensee as an organized program of learning;
(B) Is conducted by individuals who have
education, training, or experience by reason of which said individuals may be
considered qualified to present the subject matter of the program;
(C) Contributes to the professional
competence of the licensee; and
(D)
Pertains to subject matters which integrally relate to the practice of
speech-language pathology, audiology, or both, which is described as-
1. Basic communication processes-information
(beyond the basic certification requirements) applicable to the normal
development and use of speech, language, and hearing, i.e., anatomic and
physiologic bases for the normal development and use of speech, language, and
hearing; physical bases and processes of the production and perception of
speech, language, and hearing; linguistic and psycholinguistic variables
related to normal development and use of speech, language, and hearing; and
technological, biomedical, engineering, and instrumentation information which
would enable expansion of knowledge in the basic communication processes. Any
computer course used for continuing education must involve the actual
application to the communicatively impaired population;
2. Professional areas-information pertaining
to disorders of speech, language, and hearing, i.e., various types of disorders
of communication, their manifestations, classification, and causes; evaluation
skills, including procedures, techniques, and instrumentation for assessment;
and management procedures and principles in habilitation and rehabilitation of
communication disorders. The board shall accept dysphagia courses provided by
qualified instructors; and
3.
Related areas-study pertaining to the understanding of human behavior, both
normal and abnormal, as well as services available from related professions
which apply to the contemporary practice of speech-language
pathology/audiology, e.g., theories of learning and behavior; services
available from related professions that also deal with persons who have
disorders of communications; information from these professions about the
sensory, physical, emotional, social, or intellectual states of child or adult;
and other areas such as general principles of program and business management,
professional ethics, clinical supervision, counseling, and
interviewing.
(3) For the purpose of this rule, thirty (30)
days spent in a clinical fellowship during a reporting period shall satisfy the
required continuing education requirement for that reporting period.
(4) Documentation of continuing education
compliance shall be evidenced by-
(A) A
Continuing Education Registry Form from the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA), Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHA),
American Medical Association (AMA), American Academy of Audiology (AAA) or the
Missouri Academy of Audiology (MAA), the Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education (DESE), or the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC); specifically
listing the continuing education obtained by the licensee and the dates of
obtainment; or
(B) A certificate of
attendance provided by a sponsor which contains the date of program, the
program title and presenter(s), program site, number of clock hours attended,
name of sponsor, and name of licensee; or
(C) A personal letter to the licensee which
contains the date of the program, the program title and presenter(s), program
site, number of clock hours attended, name of sponsor, name of licensee and is
signed by a program official; or
(D)
An official transcript, from a regionally accredited college or university,
indicating successful completion of academic coursework in appropriate subject
matter as specified in subsection (2)(D) of this rule. One (1) semester hour of
coursework is equivalent to fifteen (15) hours of continuing education and
one-quarter (1/4) hour of coursework is equivalent to ten (10) hours of
continuing education.
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