Commission on Education
Mission Statement of the Commission on Education
The
Commission on Education seeks to promote and maintain quality standards
in education of the profession, to address matters related to
prequalification and post qualification education of speech and language
therapists in Europe and to relate to speech and language therapy in the
global context. It will seek to facilitate academic and professional
recognition of speech and language therapists across Europe.
Aims and Objectives
of the Commission on Education
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The Education
Commission’s primary aim is to promote and maintain quality standards in
education of speech and language therapists at both prequalification,
at an appropriately advanced level for entry to the profession, and
post qualification levels in Europe.
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The Commission
aims to disseminate and share information on best
practice and innovation in Education of the profession.
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The Commission
aims to facilitate academic and professional recognition of speech and
language therapists across Europe and to relate to the global context of
speech and language therapy.
To achieve these aims the Commission has the following
objectives:
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The Commission through CPLOL
Executive Committee will work with and seek to influence European authorities
as appropriate in relation to education of speech and language therapists and
their mobility across Europe, particularly in light of relevant EU directives,
the Joint Quality Initiative for quality assurance and accreditation of
bachelor and master programmes in Europe, and the Bologna Declaration (1999)
in which Europe committed to adopt a higher education system essentially based
on two main cycles; Bachelors and Masters.
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The Commission
therefore seeks to address the implications of the Bologna Declaration and
those of the follow-up Prague communiqué (2001) which state
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to co-operate in
quality assurance
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to collaborate in establishing a common
framework of reference
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to disseminate best practice
and
through its working groups and the Recognition committee if required to
Thus
the Commission’s current objectives are
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to
keep and update data on the nature of prequalification courses, numbers of
students and graduates in speech and language therapy
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to address the relation between competences and
learning outcomes and minimum standards for speech and language therapists using
descriptions of competences and of learning outcomes, taking account of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
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to address, in collaboration with international
colleagues, the International challenge to Speech and language therapists to
develop common terminology frameworks
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to collect information on the role of
Continuing Professional Development in relation to Speech and Language Therapy
education and practice across Europe
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