Graduate degree program in Speech-Language Pathology through participation in the TETN/Texas Woman's University Distance Education Master's Program.
To view our current professional development offerings for Speech Pathologists, click here to conduct a search via our Region 4 website.
Region 4 Education Service Center is an approved provider of continuing education for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association.
Technical assistance and customized trainings are designed based on individual needs of a district, private practice, or clinical setting.
The TETN/TWU learning venue is designed to allow students to work in the schools as a licensed assistant while completing the requirements for the master's degree. This learning venue is supported in part by a grant from the Texas Education Agency and provides training opportunities for candidates who wish to practice speech-language pathology in the schools of Texas. Successful completion of the program prepares graduates to apply for Texas licensure in speech pathology and for ASHA certification. Candidates who do not wish to work in Texas schools are not eligible for admission to this program. Application to the program requires a Bachelor's degree in Speech-Language Pathology or completion of all leveling courses in Speech-Language Pathology.
In 2000, a TSHA Task Force was created to develop eligibility guidelines for speech impairment in the four areas recognized in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) – articulation, language, voice, and fluency. Since that time, guidelines for Language with Other Disabilities and a Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (CLD) Companion to the Articulation Eligibility Guidelines has been completed. Training on the guidelines has previously only been available through the regional Education Service Centers in Texas and at TSHA Convention.
Starting in Fall 2010, all of the Eligibility Guideline trainings will be available for free as recorded webcasts on-line, along with the manuals and training handouts. Two hours of TSHA approved CEU credit per module is available, or training can be taken to refresh or update knowledge. SLPs can request 2 hours of TSHA continuing education credit for each of these trainings. The cost for TSHA CEU credit is FREE for current TSHA members and $20 for non-members.
To access the Region 10 Eligiblility Guideline On-Line Training modules, go directly to https://www4.esc13.net/speechlang/tsha/.
TSHA members receive CE credit and certificate at no cost. Non-Members will need to pay $20 before the CE certificate will be sent.
Credit card payments can be made online at the time course completion is entered.
The Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) partnered with Education Service Center SLP Coordinators, the Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education, and Region 13 Education Service Center and is proud to share the first six modules of the new SLP-Assistant Guide. This collaborative effort was supported and partially funded by grants from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Two additional modules are currently in development. The purpose of the Guide is to enhance the knowledge, skills, and competencies of SLP-Assistants. The Guide modules should be accessed by both SLP-Assistants and by SLPs who provide supervision for SLP-Assistants. In addition, new as well as experienced SLPs may find the content of the Guide helpful to refresh and update their knowledge and skills.
Modules are free to TSHA members, $20 per module for non-members. Instructions for requesting continuing education credit are included at the end of each module.