Overview of the Clinic
Welcome!
We are a Professional Clinic and a Teaching Clinic.
Our mission is two-fold
- 1) to provide graduate students majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders with opportunities to observe and receive training in the evaluation and treatment of clients representing a broad spectrum of disorders, variable severities of disorder, ages, and multi-cultural backgrounds; and
- to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services for Communication Disorders, to benefit the surrounding community.
Students are trained by University faculty and staff, as well as by speech-language-hearing professionals who have expertise and currently practice in a variety of on and off-campus clinical settings. All supervisors maintain their ASHA accreditation (Certificate of Clinical Competence) and their Florida state licensing. The supervising staff meets and surpasses ASHA’s requirement of “in-real-time” observation for a minimum of 25% of the time.
Clinic Hours
The Communication Disorders Clinic at Florida Atlantic University (CDC-FAU) is open Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, excluding holidays or breaks observed by the university as a whole. Clinic Administrative Personnel are available Monday through Friday. For the University schedule, please see http://www.fau.edu/registrar/registration/calendar.php.
Hours of Operation
The first diagnostic or therapy session of the day: 9:00 a.m.
The last diagnostic or therapy session of the day:
- 6:00 p.m. (Tuesday, Thursday)
- 4:00 p.m. (Friday)
Days of Operation
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Location
Directions from I-95
COMING FROM THE NORTH: Take I-95 south; exit Glades Road and go east approximately one mile; FAU will be on your left. Upon entering the campus, follow signs for the College of Education Building.
COMING FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-95 north; exit Glades Road and go east approximately one mile; FAU will be on your left. Upon entering the campus, follow signs for the College of Education Building.
Directions from the Turnpike
COMING FROM THE NORTH: Take the Turnpike south; exit at Glades Road and go east approximately 6 miles; FAU is located on your left. Upon entering the campus, follow signs for the College of Education Building.
COMING FROM THE SOUTH: Take the Turnpike north; exit at Glades Road and go east approximately 6 miles; FAU is located on your left. Upon entering the campus, follow signs for the College of Education Building.
We are located in Bldg. 47 (College of Education) on the 4th Floor. Communication Disorders Clinic (CDC). The FAU entrance that is closer to I-95 is the most direct route. If you take this entrance, follow it around the curve to your right, and enter Parking Lot #8, the one on that corner. Look for a row of signs for “CDC Clients Only”. Please put the parking permission paper on your dashboard.
Complaints about the Department or the CDC
Concerns about either the academic program or the clinical education of students need to be directed to the Department Chairperson. Other contacts may be made to ASHA, specifically the CAA (phone: 301-296-5700).
“The CAA will address concerns via the complaint process that are clearly related to a program’s compliance with accreditation standards. The CAA cannot intervene in disputes between individuals and programs, and cannot affect outcomes such as grade changes, reinstatement to the graduate program, employment, etc., as part of this complaint process.”