School-Based Members Name Early Intervention as Top IDEA Issue: About 60 to 70 percent of audiologists and SLPs also identify early childhood and funding as important issues.
In a recent survey, school-based audiologists and speech-language pathologists rated the importance of nine issues in relation to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Audiologists rated early intervention as “very important” most frequently, followed by connection with the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program. SLPs also rated early intervention as “very important” most frequently, followed by funding. Ratings will be used to help inform ASHA’s IDEA advocacy priorities in fut ure years. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
ASHFoundation Awards More Than $600,000 in Funding: Grants include the first researcher-practitioner collaboration awards.
Researchers, students and clinical professionals received more than $600,000 in funding from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation. Among this year ’s awardees are the first recipients of the Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Grant, a new program to encourage collaborative research studies to improve services for people with communication disorders. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
BulletinBOARD
The ASHA Board of Directors recently voted to: (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Three Students Win Ethics Essay Contest
Kaley Ervin, an undergraduate speech-language pathology student at Texas State University, received first place in ASHA ’s 2018 Student Ethics Essay Award competition for “Overstatement of Qualifications: Misrepresentation in Clinical Practice.” (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
ASHA Offers Stipends to Attend Interprofessional Education Institutes
ASHA members who —as part of an interprofessional team—attend a 2019 Interprofessional Faculty Development Institute may be eligible to receive an ASHA stipend of up to $1,500 for tuition and travel expenses. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
ASHA Archives Adds Exhibit on Journals
The ASHA archives website recently added an exhibit on the history of the ASHA journals. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Webpage Addresses Reimbursement for Transgender Voice Treatment
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Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Board of Ethics Decision
The ASHA Board of Ethics has found the following speechlanguage pathologist in violation of the association ’s Code of Ethics. The information below includes the version of the code violated, the rationale, and the sanction, with its effective date. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Access Academics Examines Basic Science Education
How can universities effectively teach basic science to undergraduate students? (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Identifying the ‘Why’ of Hearing Loss: Tiffany Johnson’s ASHFoundation-supported research aims to help audiologists pinpoint the cause of a person’s hearing loss.
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Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
No, I ’m Not Crazy
Thank you so much for yourarticle on misophonia in the July issue. I thought I was just being crabby and irritable all these years. I have to leave the room when my husband eats tortilla chips. I cannot stand near anyone who is cracking gum or blowing bubbles. I have stopped going to the movies because all my focus is drawn to the popcorn noises and the crinkling sounds of candy wrappers. At the gym and at church, all these little noises that no one else notices can make me notice nothing else. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Pseudo-Scientific Encroachment
Brady Lund ’s article,“Our Role in Helping Clients Recognize Misinformation,” is unfortunately all too apt in identifying the problem of pseudo-scientific encroachment into the lives of our clients. Even when not outright dangerous, these pseudo-scientific schemes are, without exception, a waste of financial resources. To paraphrase what a former client told me, “Ever since my child was diagnosed, I feel like everyone is trying to make a buck off my misfortune.” Worse still, they can result in death and destruction of families and reputations. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
October Issue Is All About … Me
I wanted to tell you that the October issue seemed to be published with me in mind! First, I sentthe “More Baby Talk” article to my daughter, who gave birth to my first grandchild, Lincoln, just two weeks ago. I said, “This is what happens when Grandma is a speech-language pathologist!” (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
Family Involvement in the Clinic
I was excited to see Dathan Rush ’s article,“From Couching to Coaching,” in the October Leader! I offer the argument that coaching is possible in the clinic setting as well. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
‘Real-Time’ Treatment Is Unrealistic
Working on daily living activities with increased parent involvement is an important goal for early interventionists and families. However, the suggestion in“From Couching to Coaching,” that clinicians can meet the requirement of working on activities at the actual time it is done in the house is unrealistic and misleading. The example in the article purported that if the child was working on brushing her teeth, the therapist should come early or late in the day when that activity would be happening naturally in the family ’s routine. (Source: The ASHA Leader Online)
Source: The ASHA Leader Online - December 1, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research
