SURVEY OF SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS

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SURVEY OFSPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

• Sheryl Thormann
• Educational Consultant
• Speech and Language ProgramsWisconsin Department
  of Public Instruction608/266-1783sheryl.thormann
  _at_dpi.state.wi.us

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Percentage of Respondents from CESA
Regions(n947)
CESA Region Percentage of Respondents
1 20.1
2 15.4
3 3.5
4 5.7
5 6.0
6 12.8
7 16.0
8 2.8
9 4.5
10 3.9
11 6.7
12 2.6
total 100
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Professional Training of SLP Respondents
4
Professional Licensure
5
Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC)
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CCC Equivalent(n318)
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Areas of need for CCC Equivalent(n293)
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Years of School Employment
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Percentage of SLPs Serving Different Schools
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Percentage of SLPs Serving Different Age Levels
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Full Time Equivalency (FTE) Status of Speech
Pathologist Respondents
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Average Caseload and Caseload Range by FTE
Range 12-45 Cases
Range 20-60 Cases
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Percentage of treatment by severity of the
communicative disorder
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Average percent of time spent by SLPs in
differing methods of service delivery
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Weekly average percent of time SLPs spend in
student treatment and various professional duties
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Average percent of time spent by SLPs in
treatment of various disordered areas
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Average Student Time in SL Therapy (SL
Impairment Only)
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Average Student Time in SL Therapy (SL
Another Impairment)
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Issues Ranking

• Aspects of the job Rank ordered by respondents
  rating as manageable or sufficient
• 1. Therapy and test materials
• 2. Support when it is time to dismiss a student
• 3. Respected as a professional
• 4. Administrative Support
• 5. Parent involvement
• 6. Caseload size
• 7. Number of students with severe impairments
• 8. Use a of a continuum of service delivery
  options
• 9. Additional school duties (lunch/recess/bus
  duty)
• 10. Collaboration with other professionals
• 11. Handling of missed therapy time in district
• 12. Third party billing
• 13. Prep time
• 14. IEP requirements (meetings, paperwork, etc.)
• 15. Time to document student progress/notes

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Issues Ranking

• Aspects of the job Rank ordered by respondents
  rating as unmanageable or
• insufficient
• 1. Time to document student progress/notes
• 2. IEP requirements (meetings, paperwork, etc.)
• 3. Prep time
• 4. Collaboration with other professionals
• 5. Third party billing
• 6. Handling of missed therapy time in district
• 7. Number of students with severe impairments
• 8. Caseload size
• 9. Parent involvement
• 10. Use of a continuum of service delivery
  options
• 11. Administrative support
• 12. Respected as a professional
• 13. Additional school duties (lunch/recess/bus
  duty)
• 14. Therapy and test materials
• 15. Support when it is time to dismiss a student