ECPC Personnel Standards

Discipline: Audiologist
License/Certificate: Audiology License
State Department: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, Office of Speech-Language
State Department Hyperlink: https://dpo.colorado.gov/Audiology
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Doctorate in audiology
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Praxis Audiology (5343); Qualifying score: 162
Additional Req Part C: Qualified personnel to deliver Part C audiology services include audiologists, speech language pathologists, or special education specialists: def/hard of hearing
Additional Req Schools: School Audiologist (Special Services Provider License) also required; Practicum required

Discipline: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist
License/Certificate: Special Education Specialist: Deaf/Hard of Hearing License (Birth-21)
State Department: Colorado Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/sd-hearing_tod
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - 21 yrs
Degree Level Requirement: Master’s Degree in Special Education/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Praxis Special Education: Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (5272);Qualifying score: 160
Additional Req Part C: "Qualified personnel to deliver Part C audiology services include audiologists, speech language pathologists, or special education specialists: def/hard of hearing
Additional Req Schools

Discipline: Early Childhood Educator
License/Certificate: Early Childhood Education Endorsement
State Department: Colorado Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/endorsementrequirements
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - 8 yrs
Degree Level Requirement: Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: "PRAXIS Education of Young Children (5024); Qualifying score: 160
Additional Req Part C: Qualified personnel to deliver Part C developmental intervention services and assistive technology services include Early Childhood Educators
Additional Req Schools

Discipline: Early Childhood Special Educator
License/Certificate: Early Childhood Special Education Endorsement (birth - age 8)
State Department: Colorado Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/endorsementrequirements
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - 8 yrs
Degree Level Requirement: Completion of an approved program from a regionally accredited institution in early childhood special education that includes student teaching and practicum
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: the approved program in early childhood special education, will include student teaching and a practicum.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Praxis Special Education: Early Childhood/Early Intervention (5692); Qualifying score: 159
Additional Req Part C: "Qualified personnel to deliver Part C social and emotional services as well as assistive technology services and developmental intervention services include Early Childhood Special Educators
Additional Req Schools

Discipline: Family Therapist
License/Certificate: Marriage & Family Therapist License
State Department: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, State Board of Marriage and Family Therapist Examiners
State Department Hyperlink: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/Marriage_Family_Therapy
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Master's or Doctoral degree
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: A jurisprudence examination administered by the division.The examination in marriage and family therapy shall be the marriage and family therapy examination administered under contract with the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards (AMFTRB)
Additional Req Part C: Master's degree and state license and education or experience in early childhood mental health
Additional Req Schools

Discipline: Nurse
License/Certificate: Registered Nurse (RN)
State Department: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, Board of Nursing
State Department Hyperlink: https://www.colorado.gov/dora/Nursing
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: For professional Nursing Education Programs, a minimum of seven hundred fifty (750) clinical hours.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: National Council Licensure Examination NCLEX-RN
Additional Req Part C: Qualified personnel for Part C Nursing Services include Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Child Health Associates. Qualified personnel to deliver some activities pertaining to social and emotional services include Registered Nurses having a Colorado state license and early childhood mental health training and experience.
Additional Req Schools: School Nurse Option 1 Bachelor's of Science in Nursing Valid Colorado Registered Nurse License Option 2 Bachelor's degree in a related field Current national certification in school nursing Three years of experience in school nursing Valid Colorado Registered Nurse License Colorado Department of Education (for School Nurse License)

Discipline: Occupational Therapy
License/Certificate: Occupational Therapy
State Department: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, Office of Occupational Therapist Registration
State Department Hyperlink: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/Occupational_Therapy
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: "An applicant for licensure must have successfully completed supervised fieldwork required by the education program where the applicant met the educational requirements
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: "The examination developed by NBCOT is approved. An applicant must achieve at least
Additional Req Part C
Additional Req Schools: State License required for School OT Endorsement Special Services Provider License, School Occupational Therapist Endorsement; Internship or supervised field experience required

Discipline: Physical Therapist
License/Certificate: Physical Therapy License
State Department: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, State Physical Therapy Board
State Department Hyperlink: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/Physical_Therapy
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Not Specified
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: To obtain a Colorado license to practice Physical Therapy, you must take and pass the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE). All Colorado applicants must receive a passing score on the NPTE to obtain licensure by examination.
Additional Req Part C
Additional Req Schools: State License required for School PT Endorsement Special Services Provider License, School Physical Therapist Endorsement; Practicum required.

Discipline: Psychologist
License/Certificate: Psychologist License
State Department: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, Board of Psychologist Examiners
State Department Hyperlink: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/Psychologist
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: "doctoral degree in psychology or a doctoral degree
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: Practicum. The minimum practicum experience is 400 hours, of which at least 150 hours must have been in direct service experience and at least seventy-five hours in formally scheduled supervision. Internship. To be acceptable, internships in clinical psychology must include at least a full-time experience, either for one full-time calendar year or for two half-time calendar years and must encompass at least 1,500 experience hours. To be acceptable, school and counseling psychology internships must include at least a full-time experience, for either an academic or calendar year or for two half-time academic or calendar years and must encompass at least 1,500 experience hours. To be acceptable, internships must be accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or be substantially equivalent when compared with the guidelines and principles for accreditation of internships published by the APA.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: "Jurisprudence Examination. Applicants shall be required to pass a Board-developed
Additional Req Part C: Qualified individuals to deliver Part C psychological services and social and emotional services include Clinical Psychologists and School Psychologists
Additional Req Schools

Discipline: School Psychologist
License/Certificate: Special Services Provider License: School Psychologist Endorsement
State Department: Colorado Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/endorsementrequirements
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - 21 yrs
Degree Level Requirement: Master's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: "Sucessfully completed practicums (consisting of a sequence of closely supervised oncampus or field-based activities, designed to develop and evaluate a candidate's mastery of distinct professional skills, consistent with program and/or course goals); successfully completed an internship (consisting of a full-time experience over one year, or half-time over two consecutive years, with a minimum of 1200 clock-hours, of which at least 600 hours must be in a school setting which requires a candidate to demonstrate,
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Passed the NationalSchool Psychology Examination
Additional Req Part C: Qualified individuals to deliver Part C psychological services and social and emotional services include Clinical Psychologists (and School Psychologists (require Master's degree & school psychologist certification).
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Discipline: Social Worker
License/Certificate: Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Social Worker
State Department: Colorado Board of Social Work Examiners, Division of Professions and Occupations, Department of Regulatory Agencies
State Department Hyperlink: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/Social_Work
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: "Master's or a doctoral degree in social work from an
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: For licensed clinical social worker applicants, the applicant attests that s/he had practiced social work for at least two years under the supervision of a licensed clinical social worker
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: 1. Complete the Jurisprudence Exam 2. Submit confirmation of a passing score on the ASWB Advanced, or Clinical examination. All ASWB examination scores are reported as pass/fail, with the number of questions needed to pass the examination, and because test questions change from one administration to the next, statistical adjustments must be made to account for small differences in the overall difficulty of individual examinations
Additional Req Part C
Additional Req Schools: "School Social Worker Provider License: Documented evidence of completion of coursework in the areas of school and special education law, including content covering Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and the development of behavior intervention plans.

Discipline: Speech Language Pathologist
License/Certificate: Speech-Language Pathologist License
State Department: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, Office of Speech-Language Pathology Certification
State Department Hyperlink: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/Speech_Language_Pathology
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement: Master's degree or higher in communication sciences and disorders
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: "An applicant for certification must have successfully completed a speech-language pathology
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: "Has passed the national examination approved by the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association or its successor association; Has passed an examination that, in the Director’s determination, is substantially
Additional Req Part C
Additional Req Schools: Special Services License for Speech-Language Pathologist (from Colorado Education Department) have successfully passed a national state approved speech-language pathologist specialty area test; have successfully completed a practicum or internship, with children/students, ages birth-21, in a school setting, equivalent to a minimum of 8 weeks full time (320 hours), under the supervision of a professionally licensed school speech-language pathologist. Successfully passed a state approved SLP specialty area test: ASHA certification or Praxis II 5331, passing score 162. For Special Services License - exempt from State License (DORA) but CCC required.

Discipline: Vision Specialist
License/Certificate: Special Education Specialist: Visually Impaired Endorsement (Birth-21)
State Department: Colorado Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/endorsementrequirements
Type of License/Certificate: Licensure/Certificate
Age Range: Birth-21
Degree Level Requirement: Master’s or higher degree in special education visual impairment or its equivalent
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: Completion of an approved program from a regionally accredited institution for special education specialists: visually impaired that includes prescribed field experience requirements.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: Program for Licensing Assessments for Colorado Educators PLACE Content Assessment Special Education: Severe Needs-Visually Impaired pass:220. *IMPORTANT* The last administration of all PLACE exams and the NES exam was May 6, 2017; passing test scores will be accepted for five years until May 6, 2022, for current, correlating endorsement areas only.
Additional Req Part C
Additional Req Schools

Discipline: Early Childhood
License/Certificate: Early Childhood Teacher Certification
State Department: Colorado Office of Early Childhood Division of Human Services
State Department Hyperlink: https://www.coloradoofficeofearlychildhood.com/OEC_Providers?p=Providers&s=Early-Childhood-Teacher-Certification&lang=en
Type of License/Certificate: Certification
Age Range: NA
Degree Level Requirement: Associates degree minimally, from a regionally accredited college/university in Early Childhood Education, which must include at least two three-semester hour ECE courses one of which must be in either Intro to ECE or Guidance Strategies
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework: New ECE professionals require Level III credential (36-50 points; a combination of formal education, ongoing professional development, and experience
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?: The model for the Colorado Early Childhood Credentials provides a common system for all Colorado early childhood professionals to document and quantify their professional growth and accomplishments, and to define and advance their profession. Points are awarded across three areas: 1) Formal Education, 2) Ongoing Professional Development, and 3) Experience. Varying levels across all four areas are awarded points, and points are totaled across all areas, and 'extra points' are awarded in an additional area of Demonstration of Competencies. The total points place a professional within a level of designation (Levels I-VI).
Additional Req Part C
Additional Req Schools

Standards for Colorado (CO)

Audiologist (Audiologist)

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist (Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist)

Early Childhood Educator (Early Childhood Educator)

Early Childhood Special Educator (Early Childhood Special Educator)

Family Therapist (Family Therapist)

Nurse (Nurse)

Occupational Therapy (Occupational Therapy)

Physical Therapist (Physical Therapist)

Psychologist (Psychologist)

School Psychologist (School Psychologist)

Social Worker (Social Worker)

Speech Language Pathologist (Speech Language Pathologist)

Vision Specialist (Vision Specialist)

Early Childhood (Early Childhood)