Illinois Credentialing Basics

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Illinois Credentialing Basics

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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Early Intervention

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

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Credentialing Scenarios

• What applies to you?

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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