Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology

EMPLOYER SURVEY

The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at California State University, Sacramento is seeking your input in order to improve their training program. Thank you for your help.

1.	I have 152.5*# employees working as speech/language pathologists or audiologists. Of those employees 76*# are from the California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) Speech Pathology and Audiology training programs. *Average

If you said (0 employees) answer #2 and place survey in the enclosed pro-addressed and stamped envelope and return.
If you have one or more employees from CS US, please continue.

2.	If there were a program to train Speech Assistants do you think your district would:
Please respond with Yes, No or DK (don't know) YES NO DON'T KNOW 15 10 14 provide 75 hour internship 14 12 11 hire a speech assistant with an AA degree at salary similar to instructional assistant 7 12 15 hire a speech assistant with an BA degree at a salary similar to instructional assistant 2 12 21 hire a speech assistant with an BA degree at a salary higher than an instructional assistant
3.	The employees have worked for me for approximately (number) years.
	Employee #1 8.035* yrs. #6 6.00* yrs. #2 8.235* yrs. #7 6.50* yrs. #3 9.00* yrs. #8 6.50* yrs. #4 5.9* yrs. #9 2.50* yrs. #5 5.75* yrs. #10 1* yr. *Average

Circle the letter preceding the appropriate answer

4.	If you have more than one employee and they have been hired at various times, please answer the following:
I have found the employees to be:
	14 a. equally well trained over the years. 3 b. better trained five or more years ago. 3 c. better trained in the most recent five years or so.
	If your employees are speech pathologists, answer questions 5, 6, 9 and 10.
	If your employees are audiologists, answer 7, 8, 9, and 10.
	If both, answer all questions.
5.	I find that my speech pathology employees from CSUS are well prepared in (circle all that apply)
	20 a. Articulation assessment 20 b. Articulation therapy 17 c. Fluency assessment 14 d. Fluency therapy 14 e. Voice assessment 12 f. Voice therapy 19 g Child language assessment 15 h. Child language therapy 6 i. Adult language assessment 6 j. Adult language therapy 6 k. Dysphagia assessment 6 l. Dysphagia therapy 2 m. Augmentative communication assessment 5 n. Augmentative communication therapy 12 o. Interviewing and counseling 17 p. Ethical practice
6.	I find that my speech pathology employees from CSUS are not well prepared in (circle all that apply)
	0 a. Articulation assessment 0 b. Articulation therapy 0 c. Fluency assessment 1 d. Fluency therapy 1 e. Voice assessment 4 f. Voice therapy 0 g Child language assessment 0 h. Child language therapy 2 i. Adult language assessment 2 j. Adult language therapy 5 k. Dysphagia assessment 5 l. Dysphagia therapy 5 m. Augmentative communication assessment 5 n. Augmentative communication therapy 2 o. Interviewing and counseling 1 p. Ethical practice Other: They are outstanding employees.
7.	I find that my audiology employees from CSUS are well prepared in (circle all that apply)
	6 a. Aural rehabilitation 7 b. Hearing aid selection 5 c. Being a test assistant 3 d. ABR (Auditory Brainstem Response) 8 e. Clinical testing 8 f. Masking 7 g Interviewing and counseling 7 h. Site of lesion testing 9 i. Ethical practice 5 j. ENG (Electronystagmography) 4 k. Otoacoustic emissions 9 l. Basic test battery (PT AC, PT BC, SRT, Sp. Dis) 9 m. Immittance measures 6 n. Pediatric evaluations
8.	I find that my audiology employees from CSUS are least prepared in (circle all that apply)
	1 a. Aural rehabilitation 2 b. Hearing aid selection 0 c. Being a test assistant 2 d. ABR (Auditory Brainstem Response) 1 e. Clinical testing 1 f. Masking 0 g Interviewing and counseling 1 h. Site of lesion testing 0 i. Ethical practice 11 j. ENG (Electronystagmography) 2 k. Otoacoustic emissions 0 l. Basic test battery (PT AC, PT BC, SRT, Sp. Dis) 0 m. Immittance measures 3 n. Pediatric evaluations
9.	If I could suggest one thing to improve the program at CSUS would be: More training regarding traumatic brain injuries. Several excellent speech pathology majors have not been admitted to the master credential program due to lace of space. With all the shortages, I do not understand why CSUS is not responsive to increasing the program. Information on the role of the speech pathologist and integrations into a public school setting. More clinical placement hours: 1 full time semester for outside clinic- less placements and more hours at each placement. Please enroll more graduate students and make the program larger. Many seeking, gad studies are seeking out other universities due to lack of openings at CSUS. More practical experiences in the schools before the internships Teach them to write reports like the therapists in the real world do. Short, concise, on the spot, no drafts. Continue to work on assessments for the English Language Learner. Receiving input from our LSHS/Language, Speech and Hearing Specialist, I am informed that there are not enough speech pathologists being graduated from the Masters' Program from CSUS; more candidates need to be accepted into the graduate sessions. Add more training in working with interpreters/translators and dealing with non-English speaking students. I've been very happy with CSUS grads over the years. Keep up the good work. None - Very good program. Close supervision/collaboration on lesson planning for different types of therapy. To be able to fit and modify hearing aids upon receiving degrees. Learn to communicate more with teaching staff regarding scheduling and therapy progress. Implement a speech assistant program. More focus on cognitive deficits such as executive function attention, etc. Don't know. None- I have had good experiences with CSUS students. Training in bilingual. Teach counseling- which is not the same as giving information - supportive listening. Shift from solely diagnostic to include rehabilitative emphasis. Develop and implement AuD. program. More exposure to group therapy and behavior intervention strategies.