Mentorship Program

The mentorship program is a requirement of registration with NBASLPA.  All initial registrants, except for Labour Mobility, are granted a Provisional registration and must practice under the NBASLPA Mentorship Program until all prescribed conditions have been met.  This structured mentorship initiative guides Provisional registrants through a period of supportive professional development, fostering their competence, adherence to regulatory standards, and facilitating their integration into the NBASLPA regulatory framework.

Both mentors and mentees play crucial roles in the mentorship program and stand to gain significant benefits from their participation.

The Basics of Mentorship

  • A mentorship contract must be submitted by the Provisional registrant within 14 days of beginning employment;
  • Mentorship is not supervised practice.  The Provisional registrant (mentee) is fully accountable for their clinical work and decisions;
  • The Provisional registrant must complete 450 hours of patient care under the Mentorship Program to be eligible for a Practising registration with NBASLPA;
  • The term of mentorship is a minimum of 3 months (can be extended if working part-time) with guidance from an experienced Practising registrant of NBASLPA who meets the criteria for mentors;
  • If a Provisional registrant does not pass the Canadian Entry-to-Practice (CETP) exam the Mentorship Program will be extended beyond the minimum 3 months, to continue until they pass the CETP exam; 
  • Mentors must provide a total of 24 hours of guidance to the mentee, which is 2 hours per full-time week of work, or 8 hours monthly;
  • Direct observation from the mentor is mandatory;
  • A midterm and final report of the mentee’s progress are required and submitted to NBASLPA by the mentor.

 

You cannot begin your mentorship period or use the professional title “speech-language pathologist”, “speech therapist” or “audiologist” until you are registered with NBASLPA.

Before you begin your mentorship, you must:

  • Secure an offer of employment;
  • Find a mentor; and
  • Be fully registered with NBASLPA to practice as a Provisional registrant (i.e., have a NBASLPA registration number)

Mentorship Resources

Mentorship FAQs

FAQs are written with the initial registrant (i.e., mentee) in mind; however, the information is also useful for mentors and employers of SLPs and audiologists.