Registration

Adult Registration Form Child Registration Form

Registration must be completed before any appointment confirmation, evaluation, or treatment can be scheduled.

Payment

While we do not accept or bill to insurance, clients who have a Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account can submit their receipt for reimbursement. Please see your HSA or FSA plan documentation or contact your service provider for information on how to request a reimbursement.

Can I pay with a debit or credit card?
The clinic is not equipped to process debit/credit cards.  We accept cash, checks or money orders.  Please make checks or money orders payable to: Research Foundation of SUNY.

Submitting Materials

Please send completed forms via email: SpeechClinic@buffalostate.edu, by fax: (716) 878-3526, or mail:

Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
Caudell Hall 149
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222

Appointment Confirmation

You should expect to receive a confirmation of receipt for registration forms that are emailed or faxed within 2 business days.  If you do not receive a confirmation within this time frame, please call the clinic at (716) 878-3530 to ensure we received them.

To determine if treatment is recommended, and appropriate grouping, a comprehensive speech-language evaluation will be conducted. 

If you have received a Speech-Language Evaluation (completed within the last 6 months), at another clinic or have had other evaluations completed such as an Auditory Processing Evaluation, Hearing Screening, Psychological Evaluation or an Individualized Education Program (IEP), please include copies of those reports with your registration forms. Our clinic's evaluation may be waived upon submission of your full evaluation report.

Our clinic must have your recent speech-language evaluation, including therapy reports or IEPs on file to determine the need for evaluation and to the extent necessary. Summaries cannot be accepted.

Please call to schedule an evaluation: (716) 878-3530

Evaluation Schedule

Evaluations are typically scheduled on Monday mornings and take 2-3 hours to complete.  Due to scheduling limitations, having an evaluation completed with us does not guarantee we will be able to admit an individual into the current treatment session.  If we are unable to schedule you in the current session, we can provide a referral and/or you will be placed on a waitlist for the following session.

Once an evaluation is completed or an evaluation report is received (for evaluations completed at another clinic), treatment can be scheduled.

Because the Buffalo State University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is a teaching program, our operations closely follow the academic calendar and treatment and evaluations correspond with the fall, spring and summer semesters. Availability is determined by a number of student-driven factors, including class schedule, caseload and specific requirements set forth by our accrediting body, ASHA. We will make every effort to get you into the current session but cannot guarantee space will be available. 

Treatment is scheduled in semester-long segments and clients are typically seen twice a week for 50 minutes at a time, in a 1:1 setting.  Occasionally, small group treatment sessions are available.  Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.  

Semester Scheduling

Scheduling is done approximately 2-3 weeks before a session begins.

Fall Session: begins in mid-September

Spring Session:  begins in mid-January

Summer Session: begins the first week of June