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The Patchwork Profession

The Patchwork Profession

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Across the United States, speech-language pathology licensure looks wildly different from state to state. It's a patchwork of rules shaped not by a single national authority but by thousands of individual decisions over decades. This episode traces how school systems, state agencies, and clinician-run boards created a maze of inconsistent standards. And it reveals the surprising truth at the center of it all: The people regulating SLPs… are SLPs.

  • Contact Megan: therapyinsights.com/insideslp
  • PACT Survey: pactsurvey.com

Sources:

  • New Jersey statutes
  • Utah — Speech Language Technicians
  • Idaho public school requirements
  • North Dakota licensing rules and satutes
  • Malone, R. (1999). The first 75 years: An oral history of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.


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