Doctor of Audiology practicum placements

Additional clinical experiences in the M.A.-SLP program

Semesters two to four supplemental clinical experiences (examples)

Wayne State's speech-language pathology graduate students participate in a variety of supplemental clinical practicum placements beginning in the second semester of the M.A. program. These placements are generally in addition to a primary placement on campus in the Speech and Language Center. Supplemental placements include healthcare, private practice, public school and non-profit agencies. These placements may be short term or for a full semester and may be within the Speech and Language Center or off campus.

Some current supplemental clinical practicum placements for semesters two to four of the M.A.-SLP program include the following programs and sites:

• Agility Health Care Evangelical Home of Sterling Heights
• Allen Park Public Schools
• Athletes with Autism WSU Speech and Language Center
• Berkley Public Schools Response to intervention
• Bloomfield Hills Public Schools Hearing impaired programs
• Children's Hospital of Michigan
• Concept Rehabilitation
• Detroit Institute for Children
• Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Preceptorship
• Detroit Public Schools Multiple programs (Head Start, hearing impaired programs, general education programs)
• Diagnostic Clinic WSU Speech and Language Center
• Glovinsky Center for the Family
• Grosse Pointe Public Schools Barnes Elementary Preschool programs
• John McGivney Centre (Windsor, Canada)
• Life Care Centers of America Rivergate Terrace
• Mary's Children Family Center WSU Speech and Language Center
• Michigan School for the Deaf
• Oakwood Center for Exceptional Families
• Redford Union hearing impaired programs
• Roseville Public Schools Hearing impaired programs
• Intensive Stuttering Clinic WSU Speech and Language Center

Semester five internship placements (examples)

Students complete one full-time internship in the final semester of the M.A. program. Some recent fifth-semester internship sites include the following agencies:

School and community agency sites

• Chippewa Valley Public Schools
• Detroit Public Schools
• Windsor (CA) Catholic School Board
• St. Mary's Children's Center (CA)
• Children's Hospital of Michigan
• Port Huron Area School District
• Oakwood Hospital Center for Exceptional Families
• Grosse Pointe Public Schools
• Warren Woods Public Schools
• Troy Public Schools
• Anchor Bay Public Schools
• Westwood Public Schools
• Gibralter Public Schools
• Waterford Public Schools
• Berkley Public Schools
• Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
• Saline Public Schools
• Children First
• Dearborn Public Schools
• Farmington Public Schools
• Crestwood Public Schools
• Lake Orion Public Schools
• New Haven Public Schools
• Van Dyke Public Schools
• Rochester Community Schools
• Northville Public Schools

Health care sites

• Crittenton Hospital
• William Beaumont Hospital
• St. John Hospital-Oakland/Lakeshore Center for Communication Disorders
• Agility Healthcare-Fraser Villa, Mercy Bellbrook, Marywood Nursing Center and Evangelical Home of Sterling Heights
• Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
• Sinai Grace Hospital
• St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Ann Arbor
• Hope Network (Grand Rapids)
• John Dingell VA Medical Center
• Botsford Hospital
• UM Center for Language and Literacy
• Munson Medical Center (Traverse City)
• Henry Ford Hospital Main campus, Macomb and West Bloomfield
• Providence Park Hospital
• Providence Hospital
• Willowbrook Rehabilitation Services
• McLaren Macomb Hospital
• Munson Healthcare System (Traverse City)