Clinical Fellow Year (CFY) for Speech-Language Pathologists
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) maintains that academic and practicum experiences alone are not sufficient preparation for an individual to function as an independent, competent professional providing high quality care in speech-language pathology. Therefore, all applicants for the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) are required to successfully complete a clinical fellowship in addition to the required academic and practicum experience and the national examination in speech-language pathology. The clinical fellowship year is a transitional phase between supervised graduate-level practicum and the independent delivery of services. Professional experience includes direct patient contact, consultations, record keeping, or any other duties relevant to a approved program of clinical work. The clinical fellow must receive supervision from a person holding a current CCC in the area in which the certification is sought. Renee Charlifue-Smith, M.A., CCC-SLP is the supervisor for this program and has extensive background in providing fellows with a comprehensive program to prepare them for successfully completing the certification program.
The Program:
Clinical experiences including working with individuals with disabilities and their families as part of transdisciplinary teams in both center and community settings.
Courses:
Key Concepts in Pediatric Developmental Disabilities (4 credit hours)
Leadership Dialogues (4 credit hours)
Practicum (6 credit hours)
Qualifications:
Masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology and an individual seeking supervised professional clinical experience required to obtain the CCC. Please include a copy of your transcripts and a statement of current student role with your application.
Stipend:
A stipend and health insurance will be available for each participant over a twelve month period. Graduate tuition and fee waivers for the graduate course work is available for Colorado residents.
To Apply Contact:
Renee Charlifue-Smith, MA, CCC-SLP
JFK Partners
Speech-Language Pathology Discipline Director
13121 E. 17th Ave., C234
Denver, CO 80262
Ph: 303-315-6510 Renee.charlifue-smith@uchsc.edu
Children with Disabilities/Chronic Conditions and their Families:
The Leadership Option
The Leadership Option is a 5-year training program funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to prepare advanced practice nurses for leadership in managing the comprehensive health needs of children with disabilities/chronic conditions and their families. Skills in collaboration, interdisciplinary practice, family centered care, cultural competence and community integration as well as clinical and leadership competencies are emphasized. Students prepare for positions in community settings such as public health, clinics, primary care, schools, and other service agencies. A certificate of program completion is awarded upon graduation. Development of a personal portfolio aids in graduates' marketing of their unique leadership skills in the area of community based systems for pediatric disability/chronic conditions. Nurses in the master's program at the University of Colorado Health Science Center School of Nursing in pediatric nursing, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, School and Community Health Programs are eligible as well as advanced practice (master's prepared) nurses in the community working with children with disabilities/chronic conditions and their families.
Major Goals:
Improve and enhance the skills, knowledge and leadership capacity of advanced practice nurses at the master's, post-master's and doctoral levels by establishing a Leadership Option in Excellence in MCH Nursing Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs.
Facilitate ongoing development of faculty leadership skills and knowledge of maternal -child health issues with emphasis on children with special health care needs.
Provide continuing education offerings using multiple methods which include on-site conferences and distance learning for advanced practice nurses.
The Program:
The purpose of this training program is to prepare selected graduate nursing students to provide leadership for children with disabilities and their families. The Nursing Leadership Program is integrated within the graduate nursing program and is available as a Master's or Post-Master's Option for approximately 15 credits. The specialty courses available within the option are currently being offered in the School of Nursing on the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center campus. For more information please go to the Leadership Option web site at http://nrc.uchsc.edu/.
Coursework:
15 credits of coursework in the graduate nursing program
Key Concepts in Pediatric Developmental Disabilities (4 credit hours)
Qualifications:
Nurses currently in, or considering, a master's program at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, or advanced practice nurses working with children with disabilities and chronic conditions and their families (Post-masters program). Students are selected based upon their leadership potential and interest in children with disabilities and their families. Two to five students are accepted into the program each year.
Stipend:
Some funds may be available to qualified applicants.
Funding Source:
This program is funded by the Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal Child Health Bureau Leadership Option: Children with Special Needs Grant No. GT00009.
Program Staff:
Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN
Project Director/Associate Professor marilyn.krajicek@uchsc.edu
To Apply Contact:
Dalice L. Hertzberg RN, MSN, CRRN
JFK Partners and The School of Nursing
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Fitzsimmons Campus Mail Stop F541
PO Box 6508
Aurora, CO 80045-0508
Telephone: 303-724-0652
Fax: 303-724-0960 dalice.hertzberg@uchsc.edu
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