PGCert in Communicative Disorders Assistant is a postgraduate certificate in Speech & Language Therapy programme offered by Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,016 per semester for local students.
Communicative disorders assistants support speech-language pathologists and audiologists by implementing and monitoring established treatment programs, assisting with the screening and evaluation of hearing and speech function, and maintaining the equipment and materials used in therapy. This postgraduate certificate combines theory lectures, simulation exercises and hands-on small-group lab work using specialized equipment in a dedicated hearing instrument lab to build the knowledge, practical skills and judgement needed to carry out treatment plans set by registered speech-language pathologists or audiologists.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to this Ontario College Graduate Certificate requires an Ontario College Diploma, Advanced Diploma, or Degree with a focus or concentration in communicative disorders, linguistics, cognitive sciences, psychology, health sciences, social services, or human social services; applicants who do not meet this credential requirement may instead submit a record of volunteer or paid work experience in a clinical setting with a speech-language pathologist, audiologist, or communicative disorders assistant, with final acceptance based on a review of that documentation against Conestoga's published guidelines and rubric. As a graduate certificate, the program carries Conestoga's higher English-language band, applied where transcripts are not in English: IELTS Academic overall band 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 88 with no skill below 22, PTE Academic 58, or CAEL 70 overall with no sub-test below 60. Canadian applicants with foreign transcripts require assessment by ICAS or WES.
Application Details
Start Date:May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
