{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Inside SLP","title":"05: The Patchwork Profession","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/711de761\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":731,"description":"Across the United States, speech-language pathology licensure looks wildly different from state to state. It's a patchwork of rules shaped not by a single national authority but by thousands of individual decisions over decades. This episode traces how school systems, state agencies, and clinician-run boards created a maze of inconsistent standards. And it reveals the surprising truth at the center of it all: The people regulating SLPs… are SLPs.Contact Megan: therapyinsights.com/insideslpPACT Survey: pactsurvey.comSources:New Jersey statutesUtah — Speech Language TechniciansIdaho public school requirementsNorth Dakota licensing rules and satutesMalone, R. (1999). The first 75 years: An oral history of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Uwvc3YpXBq3-mZroiH9iArBS1kVLj8rLaayQr8ctqvc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YzE4/YzFiYTRlNGVjNTZj/ODA1MzIwOTg5Y2Q0/YWNjOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}