Offered by St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Canada, PGCert in Communicative Disorders Assistant (Online) Student Secures Placement is a postgraduate certificate in Speech & Language Therapy programme. The programme runs for 3 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 28,583 per total (CAD 4,878 per total for local students).
This fully online program trains students for a supporting role working with Registered Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists across a range of settings and populations, with classes scheduled at a set day and time, any time from 8:30 am to 8:30 pm Eastern. By graduation, students understand normal and abnormal human communication function, have a basic grounding in Applied Behaviour Analysis as it relates to communication disorders, and can draw on a variety of intervention techniques for communication disorders, working with both adult and pediatric populations.
The program also develops the ability to work effectively in an assistive role alongside speech-language pathologists and audiologists in implementing intervention programs, and to communicate and collaborate with professionals in related fields. Graduates qualify for membership with the national professional association for communicative disorders assistants in Canada.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: St. Lawrence College's Communicative Disorders Assistant graduate certificate (online) requires a minimum two-year post-secondary diploma or degree with a specialty in health, community services or social services, including Psychology, Linguistics or a related discipline. This program is highly competitive, and the college states that meeting the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee admission; complete applications with all transcripts and proof of enrollment are due February 1 to be ranked. A Criminal Background Check is required before field placement begins. The program page does not state its own language-proficiency scores; applicants whose first language is not English are assessed against St. Lawrence College's institution-wide scale for Fast-Track, Graduate Certificate and Degree programs: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0), TOEFL iBT 4.5 overall (83 under the pre-January-2026 scale), PTE Academic 60, CAEL 60, or Duolingo 120 (no sub-score below 95).
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Ranked among St. Lawrence College's highly competitive programmes: transcripts and proof of enrolment for Communicative Disorders Assistant (Online) Student Secures Placement must reach the college by 1 February 2027, the Ontario colleges equal-consideration date, to be included in the Fall 2027 ranking.
