Completion of an Associate''s degree in Speech-Language Pathology Assisting from an accredited institution of higher learning, community college, or equivalent program; or evidence of successful completion of a Bachelor''s Degree from an accredited institution as well as evidence of successful completion of courses developed by the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges. Thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology, normal communication development, phonetics, developmental psychology, various types of disabilities seen in schoolchildren, and various speechlanguage disorders and approaches to therapeutic educational intervention, and roles of supervising speech-language pathologists and assistants.