Helping You Serve Spanish-Speaking Children and Adults —Your ASHA Hispanic Caucus

If you have used Spanish-language materials or evaluations, or interacted with Spanish-speaking professionals, then you have probably benefited from the Hispanic Caucus’ efforts. We work to increase the numbers of bilingual professionals, improve available materials, and make issues of diversity part of ASHA’s focus. The Hispanic Caucus (HC) of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association is one of six groups representing important constituencies within our professions. The HC is for everyone who serves the Spanish-speaking community, regardless of languages spoken or background.  We have united to reflect and discuss the needs of the Spanish-speaking community and to help determine policy and best practices. 3 ways to connect with the ASHA Hispanic Caucus The HC launched a new website that is packed with resources and has an active Facebook group. We are excited to meet our ASHA colleagues at our meeting at the ASHA Convention this month. We welcome you to join our HC family. We urge you to share information, send us important announcements and pose questions, or just to network with others who serve Spanish-speaking members of our community. Hispanic Caucus Website Hispanic Caucus Facebook Annual Meeting of the Hispanic Caucus at the 2017 ASHA Convention: Thursday, Nov. 9, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Room Kentia 3C in the Los Angeles Convention Center. Event contact: Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, Hispanic Caucus president, Linda.Rosa-Lugo@ucf.edu. Related stories: Red ...
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