Teaching · Speech & Language

Who does what, checked against the SLPA scope.

Mark each task as the assistant’s, the SLP’s or not part of the job. Every task carries its label from ASHA’s scope for assistants, and the summary flags anything handed to the assistant that belongs with the SLP.

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The scope organizer

One record per SLP and assistant pair or caseload. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Speech & Language$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A task list by person with every out-of-scope assignment flagged, the supervision basics in place or not, and the handover notes, for the SLP and assistant to sign off.
Who it is for
Speech-language pathologists who supervise assistants, the assistants themselves, and the coordinators who set up their roles.
Format
Browser organizer. One saved record per pair or caseload; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
SLPASLPinside the assistant’s scope, and outside it
Drawn for this page. The assistant works inside a smaller circle of tasks; everything else stays with the supervising SLP.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with a short code for the pair or caseload.
  2. Confirm the supervisor’s credentials and check your state’s rules for assistants.
  3. Go through each task together and mark who does it.
  4. Move anything flagged outside SLPA scope back to the SLP.
  5. Write the supervision plan, then review the record each year or when duties change.

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The reference behind the labels

Where the labels come from

Each task’s label summarizes ASHA’s Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Scope of Practice (2022), which lists what assistants may do under supervision and what stays with the SLP, such as evaluation, interpretation, treatment planning and signing formal documents.

State law comes first

States license, register or regulate assistants in different ways, and some are stricter than ASHA. Where they differ, follow your state’s rules.

What it is not

A planning reference, not legal advice and not a substitute for reading the ASHA document or your state’s regulations.

Sources

  1. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Scope of Practice, 2022, asha.org/policy.
  2. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (Practice Portal), asha.org.
  3. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Code of Ethics, 2023: responsibility for delegated services.
  4. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. State-by-state information on support personnel requirements, asha.org.

The example pair and assignments are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.