PProject mesa Requirements

Required Courses:

• Complete all required courses for the Speech and Hearing Sciences Master’s program including the following that relate specifically to the aims of Project MESA:

• SHS506 (2 credits): Fundamentals of Evidence Based Practice 

• SHS 524 (3 credits): Social Communication and Developmental

• SHS 532 (3 credits): Augmentative and Alternative Communication

• SHS 540 (2 credits): Language Disorders in Early Childhood

• SHS 520 (3 credits): Multicultural Considerations in Communicative Disorders

  1. • 1. • Please note: If you took SHS 459 (3 credits): Multicultural Considerations in Communicative Disorders at UNM, you will need to take an alternate graduate-level course approved by department advisors. 

     • For additional information about the required courses for the Speech and Hearing Sciences Master’s program, visit the FAQ page

• Complete the following elective Courses in Speech and Hearing Sciences

• SHS561 (3 credits): Bilingual Acquisition of Speech & Language OR LING 562 Topics (3 credits): Childhood Bilingualism 

• SHS 539 Topics (3 credits): Bilingual Assessment OR SHS 562 (3 credits): Bilingual Assessment & Intervention

• SHS 539 Topics (1 credit): International and Multicultural Studies

• SHS 539 Topics (1 credit): Naturalistic Intervention

• SHS 539 Topics (1 credit): Core Functions of SLP

*2 electives courses (6 credits) are needed for speech and hearing sciences masters students to graduate, an additional 3 credits are required for Project MESA students.

*By completed these additional credits, Project MESA students fulfill the requirements for the concentration in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology.

• For additional information regarding the bilingual concentration, visit Bilingual Speech Language Pathology

Clinical experiences:

• Naturalistic summer clinic with children ages 2.5 to 4 years old with autism and developmental disabilities (including multilingual children) with a focus on increasing each child's early communication and social skills in a small group setting using naturalistic intervention methods

  1. • 1. 1. • For additional information about the summer autism clinic, visit UNM's Project SCENES clinic

• At least 70 hours with young children (ages 0-5) in other clinical rotations (including with culturally and linguistically diverse children)   

• Optional: Interprofessional clinical experience abroad during Communidad Crecer service trip to Mexico City

  • 1. 1. • Project MESA students are not required to participate in Comunidad Crecer. However, if interested, they can use their additional professional development support the associated costs. 

          • For additional information about Communidad Crecer, visit Learning across borders: 33 years of Comunidad Crecer

Mentorship and speaker series:

• Regular attendance at monthly meetings 

• Topics may include student supports, collaborative teaming, understanding autistic perspectives, etc.  

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) interdisciplinary traineeship: 

• Completion of LEND traineeship including 300 hours and capstone  during your first year

• For additional information about LEND, visit New Mexico LEND

Professional Development:

• 4 Autism Focused Intervention Resources (AFIRM) Modules

  • For additional information, visit AFFIRM modules

• At least 2 additional trainings related to cultural and linguistic differences or collaboration

  • Funding to pay for these