Clinic Rotation System

Graduate students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders MA program (speech-language pathology) at 黑洞社区 are assigned by faculty to teams which consist of of approximately ten students from a cohort.

Team assignments are given at Graduate Student Orientation. Students remain on their assigned team for the entire duration of their graduate experience. They are given cilnical assignments based on this rotation system in order to allow a well-rounded clinical expeirence. As a result, students typically work with a large variety of supervisors and diagnoses while in the university clinic.

First priority for scheduling clients is always given to the student鈥檚 assigned rotation, however aditional opportunities are available for students outside of their assigned rotation. In addition, some programs (i.e. Fluency Camp, Literacy Camp) are only offered during the summer semester and are assigned based upon an application process.

For questions pertaining to clinical rotation system, please email Ashley Purdum, Clinic Director, at ashley.purdum@wichita.edu

A sample rotation system can be found below:

TEAM 1

First Semester (Fall)

  • Early Childhood/Birth-5/feeding

Second Semester (Spring)

  • Neuro Rotation
  • School Age Artic/Language Fluency

Third Semester (Summer)

  • ASD/Complex Communication/iSLP 

  • School Age Speech/Language Literacy

Fourth Semester (Fall)

  • Mini rotations

Fifth (spring) and Sixth (summer) semesters: Off-campus educational and medical externships

TEAM 2

First Semester (Fall)

  • School Age Speech/Language/Literacy

Second Semester (Spring)

  • Early Childhood/Birth-5/feeding
  • Mini rotations (public schools)

Third Semester (Summer)

  • Neuro Rotation
  • School Age Artic/Language Fluency

Fourth Semester (Fall)

  • Neuro Rotation

Fifth (spring) and Sixth (summer) semesters: Off-campus educational and medical externships

TEAM 3

First Semester (Fall)

  • Speech/Language/Fluency

Second Semester (Spring)

  • ASD/Complex Communication/iSLP 

  • School Age Speech/Language Literacy

Third Semester (Summer)

  • Early Childhood/Birth-5/feeding

Fourth Semester (Fall)

  • ASD/Complex Communication/iSLP 

Fifth (spring) and Sixth (summer) semesters: Off-campus educational and medical externships