The Academic Language Therapy Association

Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP)

Requirements

Updated 9/2022

To earn certification from the Academic Language Therapy Association as a Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP), an individual must meet the following requirements:

I. Successful completion of Comprehensive Practitioner-Level Training
II. Successful completion of the ALTA Competency Exam – Practitioner Level
III. Hold a bachelor's degree

I. PRACTITIONER-LEVEL TRAINING

"Practitioner Level Training" shall be defined as training under the supervision of an Instructor of Certified Academic Language Practitioners (I-CALP) or Qualified Instructor of Certified Academic Language Practitioner and Therapist (CALT-QI) that includes:
Completion of practitioner level training in a Multisensory Structured Language Education (MSLE) program that must include:

minimum of 45 instructional hours,
minimum of 60 clinical teaching practicum hours, and
minimum of 5 demonstrations.
Note: Clinical/teaching practicum documentation must be signed by the supervising instructor with the instructor's proof of credentials.

II. EXAM

Prerequisite: Successful completion of all Practitioner-Level training requirements.
Acceptable performance on the ALTA Competency Exam . The ALTA exam is available to applicants, at the CALP level, with a minimum of nine (9) months and a maximum of two (2) years from the beginning of CALP Training.

Administration of the ALTA Competency Exam for MSLE is $180.
A candidate will have up to one year to complete the exam, with an unlimited number of retakes at a fee of $180 per retake. After one year, the applicant will be required to reapply.
Applicants will have 30 days from the initial application submission date to complete any required paperwork as listed above. If the applicant fails to provide the required documents within the 30 days, an additional $25 processing fee for each consecutive 30 days will be applied.
Applicants who are deemed ineligible to sit for the Exam or who voluntarily withdraw their application will receive a refund of the initial application fee, less a $50 non-refundable processing fee.

TO BEGIN YOUR APPLICATION

Please ensure you have met all of the prerequisites as listed above.

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Members: Contact office@altaread.org for next steps.

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Application: CALP Exam - $180.00 (USD) Subscription period: Unlimited

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