Your student will track their clock hours and enter them in CALIPSO for your approval. We recommend that students log their clock hours into CALIPSO on a weekly basis and submit the clock hours for your approval at the end of the term.
Contact (Clock) Hours
ASHA states that “only direct contact with a client and/or client’s family in assessment, management, or counseling count toward the student’s required clock hours.” Examples of activities that meet this requirement include, but are not limited to:
Assessment:
● The student administers a standardized or non-standardized assessment to the client
● The clinician administers an assessment while the student scores the assessment
● The clinician administers an assessment while the student takes a history from the family
● The clinician and the student each administer portions of an assessment (note that the student may count hours for the entire assessment session even if the supervisor administered some of the assessment tasks)
● The clinician administers an assessment while the student takes qualitative data regarding the client’s responses, regardless of whether that data contributes to the scoring of the assessment
● The student works with a client’s sibling to help determine what the client’s home communication environment includes, while the clinician conducts an assessment task with the client
● The student participates in delivering assessment results to the client or the client’s family after an assessment has been completed
Management:
● The student takes data while the clinician administers an assessment or provides treatment
● The student problem-solves or demonstrates critical thinking regarding next steps for plan of care, and/or collaborates with family to devise the plan of care
● The student and supervisor co-treat
● The student and supervisor take turns leading treatment or assessment activities
● The student contributes to a conversation with the client/family members about the chart review, assessment or treatment process
● The student participates in family care conferences
Counseling:
● The student participates in a discussion about next steps with the client/family members (e.g. quality of life, palliative care, and hospice decisions)
● The student participates in active listening to client’s/family members’ responses to diagnosis or treatment
● The student supports/co-supports the client’s/family members’ responses to treatment plans or changes to treatment plans
● The student supports/co-supports clients/family members in taking responsibility in their treatment plan
● The student participates in the referral of clients to counseling professionals when issues are outside the scope of practice of the SLP
● The student provides/co-provides new information or resources to clients or families
● The student validates/co-validates the emotional responses of clients or families
Contact hours can be any time that the student, supervisor, client and/or family member are present and actively participating in a session.
Non-contact hours: What would not count for clinical hours is if the clinician administers an entire assessment or provides treatment while the student has no clinically relevant task to perform at any time during the session.
What is the difference between observation hours and clinical clock hours?
Clinical interactions are limited to only “observation hours” if:
● The student is on the other side of a wall/mirror (i.e. not in the same room as the client and/or family member) and is therefore unable to interact with the client and/or clinician during the session.
● The student is charting on client A, while clinician is treating client B, even if both student and clinician are in the same room (i.e. the student must be involved in the clinical work being done with the client/family who is currently present in the room)