This presentation by Valarie B. Fleming, PhD, CCC-SLP, titled “Cultural Competence: The Future of Learning and Work and Making Change to CSD Education,” focuses on integrating cultural competence and cultural humility into Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) education. Here’s a summary of the key points: 1. The presentation emphasizes that...
This presentation by Lesley Maxwell, titled “Enhanced Service Delivery and Practicing at the Top of the License,” focuses on preparing Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) students for the future of the field. Here’s a summary of the key points: 1. The presentation poses questions about developing qualities of mind, leadership,...
This presentation on Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Interprofessional Practice (IPP) by Jennifer Watson and Diane Hawley focuses on understanding and implementing effective IPE/IPP experiences. Here’s a summary of the key points: The presentation emphasizes the importance of understanding what truly constitutes IPE and how to design effective IPE experiences that...
This presentation by Margaret Rogers, PhD, titled “The Future of Learning, Work, and Teaching,” focuses on the changes and forces influencing the future of learning and work in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). Here’s a summary of the key points: 1. Future of Learning: 2. Future of Work: 3. Changes...
PanelistsPamela Terrell, PhD, CCC-SLP, University of Wisconsin Stevens PointJulie Cox, PhD, CCC-SLP, Western Illinois University FacilitatorsRadhika Aravamudhan, PhD, CCC-A, Osborne College of AudiologyGrace Hao, PhD, CCC-SLP, North Carolina Central University DescriptionAs part of the year-long teaching symposium, seven synchronous online peer discussions were held.In the second session, the panelists were...
PanelistsKerry Mandulak, PhD, CCC-SLP, Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleAllison Sauerwein, PhD, CCC-SLP, Pacific University FacilitatorsKarla Washington, PhD, CCC-SLP, S-LP(C), University of CincinnatiJennifer Friberg, EdD, CCC-SLP, Illinois State University DescriptionAs part of the year-long teaching symposium, seven synchronous online peer discussions were held. In the first session, the panelists were asked to...
This spring marks the 1-year anniversary of our “new normal.” It is a challenging remembrance for those of us who spent the past year juggling caregiving responsibility with full-time work, while feeling socially isolated and/or forgotten by society. Local governments debated capacity limits for restaurants and bars, and we wondered...
To paraphrase Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Michigan: COVID took a crowbar to existing disparities and pried them wide open (Grose, 2021). Academics as a group tend to be relatively privileged in terms of education and socioeconomic status. Yet, concerns regarding gender disparities predominate within academia, particularly...
The current educational model for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) was established when the master’s became the entry-level degree in 1963. Since then, the educational model for SLPs has evolved incrementally with standards being added periodically, such as the recently added knowledge and skills pertaining to interprofessional collaborative practice and clinical education/supervision....
According to the World Health Organization (WHO,2010), interprofessional education (IPE) occurs “when two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes” (p. 13). ASHA-accredited programs are actively engaged in addressing the first part of this definition by incorporating IPE experiences...
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