Clinic Casual (Applicable for telepratice sessions and in-person sessions)
Please review this resource to support the dress code for the NYU Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic: https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/starting-new-job/casual-dress-code
A casual dress code offers more freedom and flexibility than a business casual dress code, but does not encompass all clothing you would wear in your personal life (e.g., social outings or when lounging at home).
NYU's Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders dress code is Clinic Casual and the descriptions below should be used to help clinicians maintain professional interactions with clients and colleagues. The goal of this description is to maintain professional appearances within our professional practices scope.
Attire worn in observance of clinicians' religion is not subject to this policy.
Graduate student clinicians should be able to dress and style their hair for clinic in a manner that expresses their individuality without fear of unnecessary discipline or body shaming.
Graduate student clinicians have the right to be treated equitably. Dress code enforcement will not create disparities, reinforce or increase marginalization of any group, nor will it be more strictly enforced against students because of racial identity, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, sexual orientation, cultural or religious identity, household income, body size/type, or body maturity. Additionally, any medical related dress needs will be accommodated.
Graduate student clinicians are responsible for managing personal distractions relating to their clothing attire (e.g., jewelry accessories that are noisy). Be mindful of accessory length (e.g., long necklaces, earrings).
Students should not face unnecessary barriers to attendance as a result of this dress attire code.
In order to maintain a positive, safe, and inclusive environment, please refrain from wearing clothing that is :
Pornographic, contain threats, or that promote illegal or violent conduct such as the unlawful use of weapons, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, or drug paraphernalia;
Demonstrate hate group association/affiliation and/or use hate speech targeting groups based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious affiliation, or other protected groups;
Covers the clinician's face to the extent that the student is not identifiable (except COVID-19 masks, clothing/headgear worn for a religious or medical purpose);
Ripped or frayed jeans, cropped tops, tank tops, beach sandals, athletic clothing, skirts or dresses with hemline above the knee and/or revealing clothing that does not provide full coverage of private body parts;
Using or wearing strong fragrances (e.g., perfume, lotions) to be supportive of our clients' and colleagues' sensory and health (e.g., allergies) needs.