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Title: Illinois Credentialing Basics


1
Illinois Credentialing Basics
  • Catherine H. Balthazar, PhD, CCC-SLP
  • Governors State University
  • Carol Szymanski, PhD, CCC-SLP
  • St. Xavier University

2
Contents
  • Overview of credentials requirements,
    application procedures, renewal/CE requirements
  • Credentialing scenarios
  • New grads
  • Professionals switching settings
  • Professionals from out of state
  • Other Issues
  • Lapsed credentials
  • Non-masters degreed support personnel

3
Credentials Available
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
    (ASHA) CCC-SLP
  • Illinois Department of Financial and Professional
    Regulation (IDFPR) License
  • Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
    Certificates
  • Department of Human Services (DHS) Early
    Intervention Specialist Credential

4
Common Requirements
  • All of these credentials require the following
  • Education masters degree or equivalent
    coursework
  • Supervised clinical practicum
  • Clinical fellowship
  • Examinations Praxis (non-school credentials) or
    IL Basic Skills and Subject Area (school
    credentials)
  • Continuing education for renewal 10 clock hours
    per year on average

5
ASHA CCC-SLP
  • Requirements
  • 400 clock hours of clinical practicum
  • Masters degree in SLP from accredited
    institution
  • Pass Praxis
  • Clinical fellowship 36 weeks full time, or
    equivalency part-time, with mentoring SLP
  • Clinical fellows have 48 months from the date of
    initiation of the CF in which to accumulate 1,260
    hours of experience

6
ASHA CCC-SLP
  • Application Procedures
  • The three-page application form
  • An official graduate transcript
  • Application fee
  • May apply when graduate academic course work and
    clinical practicum completed and KASA verified by
    program
  • Applicants have five (5) years in which to
    complete the process.

7
ASHA CCC-SLP
  • Continuing Education
  • Must earn 3 continuing education units (30
    contact hours) every 3 years
  • Maintenance cycle determined by date of initial
    certification
  • Renewal
  • Annual renewal required
  • Fee paid each year by all certificate holders,
    whether ASHA members or nonmembers

8
Illinois License
  • Issued by the Illinois Department of Financial
    and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
  • Two types Temporary and Regular
  • MUST HAVE to practice in Illinois
  • Licensed professionals from other states who hold
    the CCCs from ASHA may practice for 90 days while
    they are in the process of applying for a license

9
Illinois Licenses
  • Requirements for License
  • Must be 21
  • Meet educational standards
  • Masters or doctoral degree from approved program
  • Pass NESPA
  • 9 months of supervised clinical experience (CF)
  • OR
  • ASHA CCC
  • Masters degree

10
Illinois Licenses
  • Requirements for Temporary License
  • (Designed to allow CFs to work and bill Medicaid
    and other entities requiring a licensed
    professional to be administering treatment.)
  • Must meet all requirements for a license
  • EXCEPT
  • Need not have completed Clinical Fellowship

11
Illinois Licenses
  • Application
  • Regular/Full License Have 3 years from date of
    application to complete the application process
  • Temporary License May hold for up to two years
  • Apply for as you graduate
  • 120 grace period to work without transcript
    evidence
  • Maintenance/renewal
  • Pay fee
  • Two-year licensing cycle expires on 10/31 of
    each odd year
  • 20 clock hours of continuing education during the
    2-year licensing cycle

12
ISBE Certificates
  • REQUIRED for public school practice
  • Administered through your Regional Office of
    Education (ROE)
  • Most universities preparing students for Type 73
  • Type 03/09 (Elementary/Secondary)
  • Age range
  • 03 grades K-8
  • 09 grades 9-12
  • Type 10
  • (Special/Special Education)
  • Age range 3-21
  • Type 73
  • (School Service Personnel)
  • Age range 3-21

13
ISBE Certificates
  • Type 03/09 (Elementary/Secondary) or Type 10
    (Special/Special Education) Teaching Certificates
  • Can be the sole teacher of a classroom
  • Educational Requirements
  • IL prof teaching standards
  • Special ed common core standards
  • SLP standards
  • Exams
  • Pass IL Basic Skills
  • Pass IL Teaching Subject Area Test
  • Pass Assessment of Professional Teaching
  • Fee

14
ISBE Certificates
  • Type 73 School Service Personnel Nonteaching
    Certificate
  • Cannot be the sole teacher of a classroom under
    this certificate alone
  • Educational Requirements
  • Masters or Doctoral degree from ASHA-accredited
    institution
  • IL license (regular or temporary)
  • Exams
  • Basic Skills
  • Non-Teaching Speech-Language Pathology Subject
    Area Test
  • Fee

15
ISBE Certificates
  • Type 79 Interim Certification of Speech-Language
    Pathologist Interns
  • Intended for licensed individuals with no school
    practicum allows route to Type 73
  • Requirements
  • License or CCC or temporary license
  • Master or doctoral degree from ASHA accredited
    institution
  • Valid for 3 years, nonrenewable
  • Fee

16
ISBE Certificates
  • Type 74 Provisional Certificate
  • Applicants from other states
  • hold comparable certificates
  • Valid for two fiscal years, nonrenewable
  • time used to complete testing requirements or
    remove other deficiencies
  • must pass tests during the first nine months
  • Fee

17
ISBE Certificates
  • Application Procedures
  • Forms available online
  • Type 73
  • Take and pass test 154 Non-teaching
    Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Take and pass basic skills test
  • Apply for temporary license
  • Then apply for Type 73 using electronic process
    (ECS)
  • Entitlements processed through designated person
    at each university

18
ISBE Certificates
  • Continuing Education
  • Type 03/09 and Type 10
  • 120 CPDUs within 5 years (10 years if you have
    CCC)
  • Type 73 School Service Personnel
  • Adhere to licensure requirements

19
Early Intervention
  • EI Specialist Licensed Speech/Language
    Pathologist
  • Requirements for Temporary Credential
  • Illinois License
  • Background clearance
  • EI Systems Overview Training (online component
    3 day training)
  • Requirements for Full Credential
  • Within 18 months of issuance of temporary
    credential, the following must be completed
  • 240 hours of consultation with SLP in EI
  • Fulfillment of four core area knowledge
    requirements

20
Early Intervention
  • EI Specialist Licensed Speech/Language
    Pathologist
  • Application
  • Complete EI Credential Application
  • Complete CBO (Central Billing Office) Enrollment
    Application
  • New applicants must also complete background
    checks
  • CANTS (Child Abuse Neglect Tracking System)
    clearance
  • Criminal background fingerprint check
  • Illinois Sex Offender Registry (SOR)
  • Provide Illinois License documentation
  • EI Systems Overview Training (online component
    minimum to be processed 3 day training to
    complete requirement)
  • Agreement to participate in Ongoing Professional
    Development Meetings
  • Submit Ongoing Professional Development Plan
    (OPDP)

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Early Intervention
  • EI Specialist Licensed Speech/Language
    Pathologist
  • Renewal
  • Full credential renews every 3 years
  • Complete renewal application
  • OPDP monthly participation must document 75 of
    meetings completed
  • 30 contact hours of EI specific continuing
    professional education concentrating in at least
    2 EI competency areas (must be approved by
    Illinois EI system)

22
Early Intervention
  • EI Evaluator
  • (Add-on intended for those who provide initial
    evaluations and determine eligibility 6 month
    temporary credential issued)
  • Requirements
  • EI Specialist Credential
  • Illinois License
  • Evaluation/Assessment for Early Intervention
    Workshop
  • Six months of pediatric post degree supervision
  • 3 years (FTE) pediatric experience
  • at least 20 with birth-3,
  • minimum of one year (FTE) pediatric experience at
    least 60 with birth-3
  • - OR -
  • A letter of verification from a CFC manager
  • 3 sample evaluation/assessment reports conducted
    within the last six months.
  • Within 4 months of temporary credential, must
    submit 3 initial evaluation reports for review

23
Early Intervention
  • EI Evaluator
  • Application
  • Submit Portfolio Application
  • Submit initial evaluations 2 months before
    temporary evaluator credential expires
  • Renewal
  • Meet EI Specialist renewal requirements

24
Credentialing Scenarios
  • What applies to you?

25
New GraduatesWhen Can I work?
  • Non-school settings..
  • You can work in a non-school setting for up to
    120 days without a temporary license, as long as
    you are in the process of applying and have
    completed all requirements other than degree
    verification
  • You MUST apply to IDFPR BEFORE beginning to work
  • Employers may want a letter from the Department
    verifying receipt of your paperwork

26
New GraduatesWhen Can I work?
  • School settings..
  • You need a certificate to work in the schools
  • Obtain a Type 39 (Substitute) certificate if you
    will begin work before your Type 73 and licensure
    paperwork is processed

27
New Graduates from Illinois Programs
  • Finish requirements for academic and clinical
    experiences in CAA accredited program
  • If you intend to work immediately after
    graduation, take Praxis midway through your last
    semester
  • Approximately 3 weeks before graduation, apply
    for Temporary and Regular License, minus the ED
    form (you must do both at the same time)

28
New Graduates
  • Upon graduation, have Registrar of your
    university complete the ED form certifying your
    degree and send to IDFPR
  • You have 120 days from the time IDFPR received
    your original paperwork to complete your file
    with the ED form
  • You may legally practice during this time
    (Public Act 94-1082)

29
New Graduates
  • Complete and send Application for the Certificate
    of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language
    Pathology 2005 Standards (ASHA CCC)
  • Must have original signatures from applicant and
    Program Director of your graduate program
  • Allow 4 6 weeks for processing

30
New Graduates
  • Designated person at your university certifies
    your Type 73 packet is in order (must have
    passed Illinois Test of Basic Skills and 154
    Non-Teaching SLP Test, completed a school
    practicum, and have taken an Educational
    Psychology and a Survey of the Exceptional Child
    class)
  • Apply for Type 73 via Illinois State Board of
    Education website
  • If completing program and an approved Illinois
    program, choose entitlement option.
  • If not, choose transcript evaluation
  • Do this immediately after graduation

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Professionals Switching SettingsSchool to
Non-School
  • If you are working in the schools without a
    license, you must obtain an IL License in
    speech-language pathology before you can practice
    in another setting
  • If never previously licensed, apply through
    Acceptance of Examination
  • If previously licensed in another state, apply
    through Endorsement
  • If licensed has lapsed, apply through
    Restoration

32
Professionals Switching SettingsNon-school to
School
  • Must obtain a school credential (Type 73 School
    Service Personnel Certificate) through ISBE
  • If completed an IL program, follow Entitlement
    procedures
  • If completed program in another state, follow
    Transcript Evaluation procedures

33
Professionals Switching SettingsNon-school to
school
  • Without completion of school-based practicum, you
    must apply for an Interim Certificate (Type 79)
  • You must have a masters degree and either (1) an
    IL license, (2) an ASHA CCC plus a license from
    another state and a application for IL licensure,
    or (3) a temporary IL license

34
Professionals Switching SettingsNon-school to
school
  • An Interim certificate is valid for 3 years and
    is not renewable
  • SLP can be paid while completing 150 clock-hour
    supervised internship
  • Completion of 150 hours of supervised experience
    and passage of certification tests (Basic Skills
    and Speech-Language Pathologist Non-teaching
    154) will fulfill requirements for Type 73
    certificate. 

35
Professionals From Out of State With ASHA CCC
  • Licensure
  • If licensed in another state, apply for IL
    license under Endorsement procedures
  • If not licensed in another state, must apply
    under Acceptance of Examination procedures

36
Professionals From Out of State With ASHA CCC
  • School Certificate..
  • If you hold a certificate with comparable
    endorsement in another state, you may apply for a
    Provisional School Service Personnel Certificate
    (Type 74)
  • Must pass the tests required for Type 73 no later
    than 9 months from the issue date of the
    certificate
  • Valid for 2 years

37
Professionals From Out of State Without ASHA CCC
  • ISBE does not have a requirement for ASHA CCC
  • For IL licensure, you must either have an ASHA
    CCC or be currently working toward it and
    completing a CF experience

38
Lapsed CredentialsASHA CCC
  • Must complete an Application for Reinstatement
    and meet the Certification Standards currently in
    effect (2005 standards)
  • If lapsed 5 years or less submit reinstatement
    application, reinstatement fee, and evidence of
    professional development hours based on the
    number of years lapsed

39
Lapsed CredentialsASHA CCC
  • If lapsed more than 5 years, submit
  • Reinstatement form, appropriate fees,
    confirmation of completion of a modified Clinical
    Fellowship experience, confirmation of completion
    of 30 hours of professional development, and
    confirmation of successful completion of the
    Praxis Examination within past 5 years

40
Lapsed CredentialsIllinois License
  • Must follow Restoration procedures
  • If your license has been inactive, or in
    non-renewed status, for less than 5 years, you
    must call IDFPR (217-782-0458) for detailed
    instructions

41
Lapsed CredentialsIllinois License
  • If it has been expired or inactive for more than
    5 years
  • You must submit a completed CT form (proving
    you had a prior license), completed Restoration
    form, and one of the following completed VE
    form (verifying employment), form for restoring
    after active military service, or passing Praxis
    score
  • In addition, you must submit proof of 20 hours of
    continuing education during the 2 years prior to
    Restoration
  • You also may be required to appear before the
    Board of Speech-Language Pathology for an
    interview

42
Lapsed CredentialsISBE School Credential
  • Certificates that are not registered for more
    than five consecutive years are considered to
    have lapsed
  • State law specifies that lapsed certificates may
    be reinstated for one fiscal year by paying the
    fees owed for each year of non-registration

43
Lapsed CredentialsISBE School Credential
  • A reinstated certificate may only be renewed
    by..
  • Earning 5 semester hours of credit in the field
    of professional education
  • Coursework must be completed during the year of
    reinstatement or the previous 5 years
  • Or by presenting evidence of holding a valid
    regular certificate of some other type
  • You can then apply for renewal as usual

44
Lapsed CredentialsEarly Intervention
  • Lapsed for one year or less
  • EI Credential Reinstatement Application
  • CBO Enrollment Application
  • The original continuing professional development
    requirements (30 EI approved hours) AND
  • documentation of ongoing professional development
    meetings OR a plan to participate in ongoing
    professional development

45
Lapsed CredentialsEarly Intervention
  • Lapsed for more than one year
  • Must re-apply
  • credential and CBO enrollment applications
  • Meet any new educational, experiential, and/or
    training requirements for the credential that
    they are applying
  • Attend any required systems-based trainings

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Dont Let Your Credentials Lapse!
  • Reinstatement of, or reapplication for, lapsed
    credentials can be difficult and time-consuming,
    and may involve duplication of previously met
    requirements.
  • Apply for all of the credentials for which you
    are eligible as a new professional.
  • Maintain all professional credentials for life!
  • It will never be as easy to obtain credentials as
    it is when you begin practice make the most of
    your work and give yourself the flexibility to
    change practice settings in the future.

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Non-Masters Degreed Support Personnel
  • SLPA Associates degreed IDFPR
  • SLPP Bachelors degreed - ISBE
  • Early Intervention SLP Associate credential

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Non-masters Degreed Support Personnel
  • Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs)
  • Must be licensed by Illinois
  • Must have AA in SLPA (not BA/BS)from ASHA
    approved program
  • Can work anywhere but home health
  • Must be supervised by licensed SLP with 2 years
    experience and 10 clock hours of training
  • Do not have own caseloads

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Non-masters Degreed Support Personnel
  • Speech-Language Pathology Paraprofessionals
    (SLPPs)
  • Only allowed through special provisions in
    Illinois public schools
  • Have BA/BS in field
  • Have ISBE-defined supervision and caseload
    requirements

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Non-masters Degreed Support Personnel
  • Early Intervention SLP Associate credential DHS
  • Issued to licensed SLPAs and to CFs with a
    temporary license
  • Services billed through supervisor
  • Supervision consistent with licensure
    requirements and with supervision during client
    services at a minimum of once each month

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Useful Websites for Credentials
  • ASHA
  • http//www.asha.org/about/Membership-Certification
    /certification/
  • ISBE
  • http//www.isbe.state.il.us/certification/requirem
    ents/service_personnel.htm

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Useful Websites for Credentials
  • IDFPR
  • http//www.idfpr.com/dpr/WHO/spch.asp
  • DHS
  • http//www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item31183
  • http//www.wiu.edu/providerconnections/BackgroundC
    heckRenew.html
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