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Who may lawfully provide speech services in an elementary, middle, secondary school or a preschool?

    Do you hold a teaching certificate as a TSHH?
(Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped)
 → No → You should not be providing services.
    ↓
Yes
↓		    
It is lawful to provide services. ← Yes ← Are you an employee of the school?
(An employee is someone who has taxes withheld, whose employer pays social security tax and who gets a W-2 at the end of the year.)
    
    ↓
No
↓		    
It is lawful to provide services. ← Yes ← Are you a NYS licensed Speech-language pathologist or working toward completion of the 9 month experience requirement necessary for licensure?

- And -

Are you: a) on a contract with a school, or b) employed or contracting with an Agency that has a contract with a school?		 → No → It is unlawful to provide services.


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