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VISHA asks committee to direct OPR to reopen Sunrise review on SLPA licensure
Summary
The Vermont Speech-Language and Hearing Association told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that licensure for speech-language pathology assistants would set training and supervision standards and help relieve severe school caseload shortages; VISHA asked the committee to direct the Office of Professional Regulation to conduct a new Sunrise review that takes the 2014 report into account.
BURLINGTON — Members of the Vermont Speech-Language and Hearing Association (VISHA) urged the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee on Friday to ask the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) to conduct a new Sunrise review into licensure for speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs).
"VISHA, as a board, our position is that we strongly support SLPA licensure, as a practical evidence based workforce solution," said Sierra Downs, VISHA president. Downs and colleagues told the committee that Vermont faces significant access issues for speech and language services, particularly in schools and rural areas, and that licensure would set clear standards for training, supervision and ethics.
Nicole Lord, an SLPA…
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