
Clinical Experiences
Evidence-based academic and clinical experiences
All CSD students participate in integrated classroom and clinical experiences that develop their clinical competence. Every undergraduate student has a clinical experience in our Center for Communication Disorders. Graduate students participate in multiple clinical experiences across disorders and across the lifespan.
Knowledge, clinical skills, and dispositions for becoming a speech-language pathologist are systematically targeted and facilitated in a variety of pre-professional and professional settings. In addition to a state-of-the-art clinic on our campus, we have developed professional relationships throughout the region, so our graduate students can earn clinical practicum hours in medical, birth-to-3, clinic and school settings.
100%
of students have clinical experiences
91
off-campus affiliated sites
I have had such supportive clinical supervisors who have provided me with valuable guidance, encouragement and wisdom in my journey towards becoming a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) — both in my graduate and undergraduate studies.

Finding the path to her future
For Haley McKee, pursuing a career in a helping profession was a given. With the support of her professors, advisers, and the help of UWEC's liberal-arts based curriculum, McKee found her niche in the communication sciences and disorders program.
Read Haley's story
All about our CSD lab facilities
What sets us apart from other CSD programs are our state-of-the-art lab and clinical facilities. The lab facilities we have available on campus allow our students to get hands-on, real-world experience they won’t receive anywhere else.
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