Supervisor Information

According to the Council for Clinical Certification (CFCC), supervisors must be able to gauge the level of supervision provided to the student based upon the student’s level of knowledge in an area of practice. ASHA states (Clinical Supervision Standard V-E), “The amount of direct supervision must be commensurate with the student’s knowledge, skills, and experience; must not be less than 25% of the student’s total contact with each client/patient; and must take place periodically throughout the practicum. Supervision must be sufficient to ensure the welfare of the individual receiving services.”

NYU CSD strongly encourages the following for a smooth field placement transition: 

•  Supervision should always start out as 100% in the beginning of the field experience. 

  • For Practicum IV and V: Observation and caseload acquisition is ultimately determined by the supervisor, but students are strongly encouraged to engage in at least 1 week of active observation and/or co-treating of their supervisor. 

• A field placement supervisor must be physically present in a room for at least 25% (e.g.,15 minutes per hour long client/patient session)  of the duration of time relates to the person receiving services (“total contact time with each client/patient”)

• It is also the graduate student’s level of knowledge and need for direct support that ethically requires the field placement supervisor to decide how to group graduate students together

• When determining the amount of direct supervision for a graduate student, the following should be taken into consideration:  

  • Level of graduate student independence for the skill or content area

  • The number of prior sessions the graduate student had with a client and how much time was spent in 100% supervision

  • Length of time of the sessions and if dual supervision was also provided (i.e. supervising more than one student at a time)

Please refer to specifics on telesupervision on our Telepractice Guide as requirements differ slightly.   

The field placement supervisor serves as the graduate student clinician’s immediate supervisor. They are responsible for conducting conferences throughout the semester and for assisting with and approving all plans related to client management. Based on observations and critiques of the student’s clinical performance, the field placement supervisor will send the Clinical Field Placement Team a midterm and final evaluation through the web based program CALIPSO.

Different facilities, payers (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance), and other regulatory agencies may have specific requirements regarding supervising student clinicians that may impact the amount of supervision provided. upervisors are encouraged to visit the ASHA webpage to learn more about the specific requirements that pertain to them.  

All supervision must be provided by individuals who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech- Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) and effective January 1, 2020 have completed ASHA's ethics and supervision requirements.

Additional information surrounding SLP Graduate Student supervision can be found on ASHA's new Supervision Hub & Student Supervision FAQ.