Yes. If you have a preferred therapist or counsellor, Homewood Health Inc. will provide you with a form to give to your therapist or counsellor. This form will make sure they get paid for their services.
Yes. The funding can only be used to pay for treatment or counselling by a licensed therapist or counsellor, related to matters arising from sexual abuse or sexual misconduct by an Alberta speech-language pathologist or an audiologist.
We recognize that coming forward with a complaint about sexual abuse or sexual misconduct can be very difficult. ACSLPA’s primary objective is to remove the barriers that hinder reporting of sexual abuse and misconduct by creating a safe reporting environment. ACSLPA cannot perform its mandate in protecting the public and putting a stop to these behaviours if we are unaware of the issues. When you believe a speech-language pathologist or audiologist may have committed sexual abuse or sexual misconduct our priority is you. Once you are in a safe place and you are able, please review our website information. Our Complaints [...]
The Health Professions Act (HPA) provides the following definitions used within our Standards of Practice: Sexual Abuse: means the threatened, attempted or actual conduct of a regulated member towards a patient that is of a sexual nature and includes the following conduct: Sexual intercourse between a regulated member and a patient of that regulated member Genital to genital, genital to anal, oral to genital, or oral to anal contact between a regulated member and a patient of that regulated member; Masturbation of a regulated member by, or in the presence of, a patient of that regulated member; Masturbation of a regulated member’s patient [...]
Speech-Language Pathology Graduates of a United States (US) ASHA Accredited Program Applicable if you have completed your education in the US within the previous three years. Required documents: A completed Registration and Practice Permit Application Form. Official transcripts confirming the date on which you officially received your graduate degree and undergraduate degree(s); documents must be original and sent to ACSLPA directly from the university where you received your qualifications. Original electronic documents (e.g. transcripts and credential assessments) from post-secondary and recognized assessment agencies that can be accessed by secure login site will be accepted as original documents. [...]
Speech-Language Pathology Applicants registered with another Provincial SLP/Audiology Regulatory Body in Canada Applicable if you are moving to practice in Alberta from British Columbia (BC), Saskatchewan (SK), Manitoba (MB), Ontario (ON), Quebec (QC), Newfoundland (NL), New Brunswick (NB) or Nova Scotia (NS). Required documents: A completed Registration and Practice Permit Application Form. A letter confirming your current registration in good standing in a fully practicing membership category forwarded directly to ACSLPA from all provincial SLP/Audiology regulatory bodies in Canada in which you hold registration. Evidence you have the required Professional Liability Insurance (See Appendix 3 in [...]
Speech-Language Pathology Applicants registered with an SLP/Audiology licensing body in the US that has substantially equivalent requirements for registration to ACSLPA Required documents: A completed Registration and Practice Permit Application Form. Official transcripts confirming the date on which you officially received your graduate degree and undergraduate degree(s); documents must be original and sent to ACSLPA directly from the university where you received your qualifications. Original electronic documents (e.g. transcripts and credential assessments) from post-secondary and recognized assessment agencies that can be accessed by secure login site will be accepted as original documents. A verified and signed [...]
All Other Speech-Language Pathology Applicants (e.g., applicants educated outside of Canada or the US, graduates of non-accredited Canadian and American programs, applicants from American jurisdictions where application requirements are not substantially equivalent to ACSLPA’s). Required documents: A completed Registration and Practice Permit Application Form. Official transcripts confirming the date on which you officially received your graduate degree and undergraduate degree(s); documents must be original and sent to ACSLPA directly from the university where you received your qualifications. Original electronic documents (e.g. transcripts and credential assessments) from post-secondary and recognized assessment agencies that can be accessed by secure [...]
Speech-Language Pathology Graduate of a Canadian Accredited Program (not registered with another SLP/Audiology regulatory body in Canada) Applicable if you have completed your education in Canada and you are not yet registered as a SLP in another province (this includes new graduates; speech-language pathologists who have been working but come from an unregulated Canadian jurisdiction (e.g., PEI or the territories); Canadian graduates who have been working outside Canada). Required documents: A completed Registration and Practice Permit Application Form. Official transcripts confirming the date on which you officially received your graduate degree; documents must be original and sent [...]
All Other Audiology Applicants (e.g., applicants educated outside of Canada or the US, graduates of non-accredited Canadian and American programs, applicants from American jurisdictions where application requirements are not substantially equivalent to ACSLPA’s). Required documents: A completed Registration and Practice Permit Application Form. Official transcripts confirming the date on which you officially received your graduate degree and undergraduate degree(s); documents must be original and sent to ACSLPA directly from the university where you received your qualifications. Original electronic documents (e.g. transcripts and credential assessments) from post-secondary and recognized assessment agencies that can be accessed by secure login [...]
