ASHA ’ s New Tool Can Help You Discover What You Know —Or Don’t—About About Professional Interactions
ASHA debuts a new engagement experience to help boost your interactions with clients, students, families, colleagues, and others in your professional world. That’s Unheard Of offers you information in quick, digestible bites, catering to the few minutes you might every so often—waiting in line for coffee, store checkout, airport check in, carpool, or for a doctor’s appointment.
What is “That’s Unheard Of”?
Not your typical digital tool, the new site provides resources you can take advantage of during those wasted minutes. What if during those times you could take a brief quiz designed to help you think about ho...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 28, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Andrea Moxley Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Cultural Diversity Professional Development Source Type: blogs
ASHA ’ s New Tool Can Help You Discover What You Know —Or Don’t—About Professional Interactions
ASHA debuts a new engagement experience to help boost your interactions with clients, students, families, colleagues, and others in your professional world. That’s Unheard Of offers you information in quick, digestible bites, catering to the few minutes you might every so often—waiting in line for coffee, store checkout, airport check in, carpool, or for a doctor’s appointment.
What is “That’s Unheard Of”?
Not your typical digital tool, the new site provides resources you can take advantage of during those wasted minutes. What if during those times you could take a brief quiz designed to help you think about ho...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 28, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Andrea Moxley Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Cultural Diversity Professional Development Source Type: blogs
3 Pros of Building Up Assets Versus Paying Off Debt
Snowball. Avalanche. Gazelle.
Search engine optimization (SEO) words for the National Geographic, you ask?
Maybe, but they’re also terms for debt-payoff strategies popularized by personal finance commentators. Being debt-free, and getting there as fast as possible, are widely promoted in the personal finance community. This is, of course, a good thing. Having no debt is a great accomplishment and can come with some real emotional benefits. Some people feel less stress just knowing they don’t have debt payments.
With that said, here’s my zag—I think this idea has been over-emphasized.
The general point of a fast deb...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 24, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jacob Parish Tags: Audiology Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
What Are Your Pronouns? CSD Faculty Members Share Theirs
“Good morning, boys and girls!”
“Hello, ladies and gentlemen.”
It might surprise you to learn these common greetings can be exclusionary—or a microaggression—for people in the LGBTQ+ community. As a cisgender communication sciences and disorders (CSD) faculty, we learned from our students and colleagues how simply changing the language we use to address people creates a more inclusive environment.
What’s the big deal about pronouns?
No one set of pronouns fits all. It’s impossible to know what pronoun a person uses without asking them. As speech-language pathologists, we understand the value of pronouns...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 18, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Communication and Goals: Keys to Successful Mentoring
Discussion group on health care to learn about hot topics.
A six-month completion date for covering this topic.
Goals don’t need to be complicated, but keep them clear, measurable, and completed within an established time frame. Even a general question can help get you both started on setting goals. Try something like: “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Then you can work backward to create the action steps needed to get there.
At times, mentees might not have a solid direction for their career, and that’s OK. Just keep up consistency of communication.
ASHA offers many ways for you to mentor. Experienced au...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 5, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Andrea Moxley Tags: Audiology Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Tips for the Medical Educator ’s “Elevator Pitch”
Ever wonder what to say when you’re standing next to a senior colleague who could help further your work? Cue your elevator pitch!
In this video, David Acosta, MD, and Daniel Hashimoto, MD, MS, demonstrate what to do (and what not to do) to successfully deliver your med ed elevator pitch.
The tips in this video are adapted from Dzara K, Kesselheim J. Going up? Tips for the medical educator’s “elevator pitch.” Acad Med. 2018;93:1884. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - February 4, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured Multimedia Video elevator pitch medical educator professional development Source Type: blogs
ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator EOIs close soon!
Dr Chris Nickson ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator EOIs close soon!
Some of us (mostly me) are getting a little excited about the upcoming launch of the ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator programme. If this sounds like your thing, you need to get your EOI in by February 15th 2020…. That’s less than 2 weeks away! The ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator is a professional development programme for […] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 3, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Chris Nickson Tags: Education LITFL ANZCEN clinician educator incubator Source Type: blogs
5 Reasons I Switched from a Salaried Employee to a 1099 Independent Contractor
For several years before I got married, I worked as a salaried employee for a large agency. “W-2” employment provided me, a young speech-language pathologist, with certain benefits while allowing me to work in a wide range of clinical settings. The agency automatically withheld my Social Security and Medicare taxes, for example.
Once I got married, however, my husband and I started thinking more about what employment situation would work best for our family. We ultimately decided that the best fit for me involved switching to an independent contractor. Here’s why:
Flexibility
Working for a staffing agency as a W-2 ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 27, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lauren Goldslager Tags: Audiology Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Health Care Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Update: Humankind ’s evolving quest to enhance the brain and the mind
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Time for the first SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter in the new decade, featuring a range of inspiring and (mostly) promising news about humankind’s evolving quest to enhance the brain and the mind, and a few fun brain teasers
New thinking:
The NeuroGeneration and Humankind’s Quest to Enhance the Brain
UCSF to open innovative neurology clinic to address “diagnostic odyssey”
For Spanish speakers: watch presentation of El Cerebro Que Cura
New research:
Five profound ways physical exercise shapes your brain and mind
Having ADHD costs $1.1 million in lower lifetime earnings, even when “treated”
Reminder: Profes...
Source: SharpBrains - January 27, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology adhd brain brain riddles Brain Teasers brain teasers for adults brain teasers for teens brain training brain training centers brain-computer interfac Source Type: blogs
Final reminder: Professional development opportunity with neuropsychologist Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg
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We are pleased to share a fantastic professional development opportunity offered by the Luria Neuroscience Institute and featuring renowned neuropsychologist Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP.
Inaugural 5‑day Goldberg Brain-Mind Symposium (February 17–21st, 2020):
Dr. Goldberg has been a frequent visitor to Bali for 30 years and is currently engaged in cross-cultural neuroscience research with two major Indonesian universities. He personally designed this unique and comprehensive event to discuss cutting edge cognitive neuroscience and state-of-the-art clinical insights with a small group of participants in one...
Source: SharpBrains - January 16, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Professional Development Bali discount code Elkhonon-Goldberg Executive-Functions frontal-lobes Goldberg Brain-Mind Symposia Luria Neuroscience Institute neuropsychologist webinar sequence Source Type: blogs
5 Tips for Communicating With Educational Advocates Before and During IEP Meetings
“There’s an educational advocate coming to the IEP meeting.”
Believe it or not, those were some of the first words I heard minutes into my first day of being a school-based speech-language pathologist.
I began working as a school-based SLP in Los Angeles five years ago. I worked in an elementary school with a large special education population. Within my first few days at the school, the administrator who ran IEP meetings told me education advocates often came to meetings and asked a lot of questions.
Insights on IEP Meetings as a Parent and SLP
AAC Goes to School
SLPs: Ideas to Build Your Brand With Colleagues and...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 15, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jasmin Nikzad Davoodi Tags: Audiology Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
PECASE Honoree Michael Boyce on Sugar ’ s Role in Cell Signaling and on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Scientific Workforce
Michael Boyce, associate professor of biochemistry at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Credit: Michael Boyce.
Sugars aren’t merely energy sources for our cells. They also play important signaling roles through a process called glycosylation, where they attach to proteins and lipids as tags. Although these sugar tags, called glycans, impact many cellular processes, they have long been understudied due to technical challenges. Now, advances in analytical tools like mass spectrometry are enabling scientists to examine the enormous complexity of glycans. Other advances also allow researchers to synthesize com...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 15, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cellular Processes Glycobiology Proteins Source Type: blogs
Everyday Ethics: Avoiding Conflict-of-Interest Situations in Your Practice
Question: I’m an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist who has been practicing in my school district for more than 15 years. A parent of one of my students approached me about providing additional services to their child outside of school. I’ve been considering opening my own private practice—are there ethical concerns about me privately treating students on my school caseload?
Your question is frequently asked by school-based SLPs—and practitioners in other workplace settings. The key issue to think through is whether seeing a student on your caseload outside the school setting as a private patient is a ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 10, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Donna Euben Tags: Audiology Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Discover Which CSD Stories Topped the Charts in 2019
A lot happened in the world of communication sciences and disorders in 2019. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved cochlear implants for single-sided deafness. Skilled nursing facilities reacted to Medicare reimbursement changes in an unexpected and unfortunate way. A video clip showing comedian D. J. Pryor “talking” with his baby son went viral and demonstrated the benefits of communicating with your child to millions. People with communication disorders made more appearances on big and little screens. One of those featured was a child with a cochlear implant in Pixar’s Toy Story 4.
We covered these events ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 6, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Hearing Assistive Technology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Everyday Ethics: State Licensing and Practicing Speech-Language Pathology in Schools
I am a school-based SLP and I’ve practiced for more than 20 years in my district. Yesterday I received an email from the central office telling me that my SLP license expired 12 years ago. No one—not my supervisor, not the principal, not the central office—ever told me my SLP license had expired. I never once received a renewal notice about it, either! What should I do?
Unfortunately, ASHA’s ethics department hears about school-based speech-language pathologists letting state licenses expire—often inadvertently—quite frequently, as the maze of credentialing requirements becomes more and more challenging to nav...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 18, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Donna Euben Tags: Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
