SLP Clinical Fellowship Hours Calculator

Check your progress toward ASHA's Clinical Fellowship requirements — the 1,260 hours and the 36 weeks, your 80% direct-contact ratio, and whether this segment's mentoring meets the minimum. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is saved or sent.

Your CF so far

Total CF hours logged Countable weeks worked — only weeks of 5+ hrs

Of your total hours, direct client/patient contact hours Your typical hours per week — for a finish estimate

This segment's mentoring — the CF has 3 segments; each needs its own 6 + 6

Direct observation hours this segment Other mentoring hours this segment

Administrative estimate only — not legal, clinical, or official ASHA advice. Your state licensure board may impose additional or different requirements. Always confirm against the current ASHA Clinical Fellowship standards.

How the ASHA CF requirements actually work

The Clinical Fellowship is the supervised professional experience between your graduate program and your CCC-SLP. Four separate gates have to be cleared — and hitting one does not excuse another:

1,260 hours and 36 weeks — both, not either. Full-time is defined as 35 hours a week. Crucially, working extra hours cannot shorten the 36-week clock. If you log 1,260 hours in 25 weeks, you are not finished; you still owe 11 weeks.
Weeks under 5 hours count for nothing. A week with fewer than 5 hours of professional experience contributes neither hours nor week-credit — it is not partially counted, it is skipped.
At least 80% direct client contact. 80% of your major responsibilities must be direct client/patient contact — assessment, treatment, screening, counselling, report writing and recordkeeping related to case management. This is a ratio, so you can reach 1,260 hours and still fail it.
6 + 6 mentoring hours in each of the 3 segments. Your mentor must provide at least 6 hours of direct observation and 6 hours of other mentoring per segment (18 + 18 across the CF). Front-loading supervision into segment 1 does not cover segment 3 — each segment stands alone. If you change mentor or job, each must independently fulfil the time and mentorship requirements.

For the full picture, see our complete SLP Clinical Fellowship guide.

What's changing on 1 August 2027

ASHA's 2027 certification standards take effect for applications received on or after 1 August 2027. Per ASHA's own standards crosswalk, the core CF numbers — 1,260 hours, 36 weeks, 3 segments, the 80% ratio and the 6 + 6 mentoring — are marked "No change." The substantive change is telepractice: today up to 25% of your direct client contact hours may be earned via telepractice, but any CF segment beginning on or after 1 August 2027 may be up to 100% telepractice and 100% telesupervision. Which standards apply to you is determined by the date ASHA receives your application — not by the date you started.