1. (a)

   1. (1)

      1. (A) A total of at least thirty percent (30%) direct and indirect supervision is required and must be documented for the first ninety (90) workdays.
      2. (B) For a forty-hour work week, this would be twelve (12) hours for both direct and indirect supervision.
   2. (2) Documented direct supervision shall be required no less than twenty percent (20%) of the actual student contact time weekly for each speech-language pathology assistant.
   3. (3) During each week, data on every student seen by the speech-language pathology assistant must be reviewed by the supervisor.
   4. (4) In addition, the twenty percent (20%) direct supervision must be scheduled so that all students seen by the assistant are directly supervised in a timely manner.
   5. (5) Supervision days and time of day (morning/afternoon) must be alternated to ensure that all students receive direct contact with the speech-language pathologist at least once every two (2) weeks.

   6. (6) Information obtained during direct supervision must include data relative to:

      1. (A) Agreement (reliability) between the assistant and the supervisor on correct/incorrect recording of target behavior;
      2. (B) Accuracy in implementation of screening and treatment procedures;
      3. (C) Accuracy in recording data; and
      4. (D) Ability to interact effectively with the student.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Indirect supervision is required no less than ten percent (10%) of the actual student contact time and may include:

      1. (A) Demonstration;
      2. (B) Record review;
      3. (C) Review and evaluation of audio-taped or video-taped sessions;
      4. (D) Interactive television; and/or
      5. (E) Supervisory conferences that may be conducted by telephone.
   2. (2) Treatment data must be reviewed at least weekly or every five (5) sessions for each student.
   3. (3) The speech-language pathologist will review each session plan as needed for timely implementation modifications.

3. (c)

   1. (1) After the initial ninety-day work period, the amount of supervision may be adjusted depending on the:

      1. (A) Competency of the assistant;
      2. (B) Needs of the students served; and
      3. (C) Nature of the assigned tasks.

   2. (2)

      1. (A) The minimum is twenty percent (20%) documented supervision, with no less than ten percent (10%) being direct supervision.
      2. (B) For a forty-hour work week, this is eight (8) hours of supervision, at least four (4) of which is direct supervision.
   3. (3) Supervision days and time of day (morning/afternoon) must be alternated to ensure that all students receive direct contact with the speech-language pathologist at least once every two (2) weeks.

4. (d)

   1. (1) A supervising speech-language pathologist must be able to be reached by personal contact, phone, pager, or other immediate means at all times when direct student care is being rendered.

   2. (2) If, for any reason (i.e., extended leave, illness, change of jobs), the supervisor is no longer available to provide the level of supervision stipulated, the speech-language pathology assistant may not perform direct student care until:

      1. (A) A speech-language pathologist has been designated as the speech-language pathology assistant’s supervisor; and
      2. (B) The Department of Education has been notified.
5. (e) Whenever the SLP-assistant’s performance is judged by the supervising speech-language pathologist to be unsatisfactory over two (2) consecutive observations, the SLP-assistant shall be retrained in the necessary skills and direct observations shall be increased to fifty percent (50%) of all clinical sessions until the SLP-assistant’s performance is judged to be satisfactory over two (2) consecutive observations.

Codification Notes: “SLP” means speech-language pathologist.