The Masters of Science in Communicative Disorders with a concentration in Speech Pathology at East Tennessee State University is an accredited 2-year program focusing on the diagnosis, treatment, and research of communicative disorders in children and adults. The program's curriculum provides intense education on the disorders and conditions that arise in the field. The goal of receiving a Masters of Science at this is institution is to prepare students to enter the work force as competent, well-rounded Speech-Language Pathologists providing the best care to all patients.
ETSU has a wide variety of clinic placements in both child and adult settings. Each student is provided with multiple opportunities on and off campus in school, clinic, nursing home, and hospital sites. Students attending ETSU will be prepared to work with a spectrum of disorders in children including autism, cleft palate, auditory awareness, phonological disorders and specific language impairment as well as high risk infant care. If you are more interested in the adult settings, you will gain the knowledge necessary to provide therapy for individuals with tracheotomies, voice disorders, motor speech disorders, aphasia, and dysphagia, including performing modified barium swallow imaging studies at our local VA hospital.
The Masters of Science in Communicative Disorders with a concentration in Speech Pathology program at East Tennessee State University is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard # 310, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700. The program completed a multi-year self study that culminated with a site review in October, 2011. The most favorable outcome of such a review, which is re-accreditation for an 8-year period, was obtained.
Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
East Tennessee State University
Lamb Hall
Box 70643
Johnson City, TN 37614
(423) 439-4272
SLPprogram@etsu.edu
"The final Speech-Language Pathology Open House is scheduled for April 13, 2013. For those interested, please email SLPprogram@mail.etsu.edu or contact Dr. Guntupalli at guntupal@mail.etsu.edu. More details here."
Don't miss out on the 2013 Sol Adler Conference at the University of Tennessee! This year's speaker, Kathryn Kohnert, will address "Bilingual Children with Language Impairment: Assessment and Treatment". The conference will also host Devin Casenhiser, a current faculty member at UT, will present "Fostering and Assessing Functional Language in Children with Autism" during the luncheon. Please see the attached flyer for more information!
2013 Seventh Annual Intermountain Brain Injury Conference: The Crumley House: A Community-Based Model of Brain Injury Treatment & Intervention.
April 5, 2013. Click here for the brochure and more information.
Class of 2011 SLP Alumni,
Please take a few minutes a complete the survey to provide feedback for assessing strengths and weaknesses in the program tghrough the attached link - 2011 Alumni Survey. Thank you so much! Dr. Kerry Proctor-Williams