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ASHA and Our Professions

• Arlene Pietranton ASHA Executive Director
• NSSLHA Chapter
• California State University, Los Angeles
• February 27, 2006

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ASHA and Our Professions

• What is ASHA?
• Overview of ASHA Programs
• ASHA Membership and Demographic Data
• Important Resources for Students
• Get Involved - Volunteer!!
• Feedback Please!

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What is ASHA A Regulatory Fortress on
Rockville Pike??
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What is ASHAA Bureaucratic Maze??
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What is ASHAA National Professional,
Scientific, and Credentialing Organization!!
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What is ASHA A Forum for Building the Future
of our Professions!!
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What is ASHA?

• Other

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Overview of ASHAs Programs

• Academic Affairs
• Accreditation
• Action Center
• Audiology Practices
• Certification
• Communications Publications, Public
  Relations/Media Relations, Web
• Ethics
• Focused Initiatives

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Overview of ASHAs Programs

• Government Relations and Public Policy
• Membership
• Product Development and Sales
• Office of Multicultural Affairs
• Professional Education
• Science and Research
• Special Interest Divisions and International
  Liaison
• Speech-Language Pathology Practices

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Overview of ASHAs Programs- Strategic Plan
2005- 2007

• Issue A high-quality basic, applied, efficacy,
  and evidence-based research base
• Issue B Increase the number of doctoral-level
  faculty researchers and students who become
  faculty researchers
• Issue C Incorporate all major component areas
  and new areas of practice into scopes of practice
  
• Issue D Provide professional services in a
  culturally-competent manner and specialized areas
  of clinical practice

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Overview of ASHAs Programs- Strategic Plan
2005- 2007

• Issue E Exchange information internationally
  about various delivery systems available for
  education, clinical practices, and supervision
• Issue F Collaborate on credentialing/
  accreditation standards with the international
  community and increase recognition/adoption of
  ASHA standards in the U.S.
• Issue G Recognize the impact of
  cultural/linguistic/political differences on
  service delivery

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ASHA Membership and Demographic Data
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Strength in NumbersASHA Constituency, 1990 -
2005
The ASHA constituency is composed of members,
nonmember certificate holders, and international
affiliates. As of 12/31/05, ASHA represented
118,361 members, 4,556 nonmember certificate
holders, and 273 international affiliates. Source
ASHA Summary Membership and Affiliation Counts,
1990 - 2005 year-end
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Where We WorkASHA Constituency by Primary
Employment Facility
4.5
50.0
15.1
4.5
6.1
17.3
Source ASHA Summary Membership and Affiliation
Counts, 2005 year-end
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Recruitment ChallengesASHA Constituency by
Demographic Information
Source ASHA Summary Membership and Affiliation
Counts, 2005 year-end
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Most Critical Issues Currently Faced in
Professions/Discipline

• Salaries
• Caseload/workload
• Paperwork
• Personnel issues/IDEA personnel
  qualifications/shortages
• Evidence-based practice (research/treatment
  efficacy)
• Reimbursement
• Exchange of professional knowledge
• Credentialing
• Marketing of professions
• Research funding
• Professional autonomy
• Enhanced scope of practice
• Culturally and linguistically diverse populations
• Doctoral (Ph.D.) shortage
• Clinical specialization
• Political differences that affect international
  collaboration
• Source ASHA Summary Membership and Affiliation
  Counts, 2005 year-end

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Audiologists Involvement in Private Practice
Settings
Source ASHA Audiology Survey 2004
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Areas of Intervention Served by Speech Language
Pathologists in School SettingsPercent who
regularly serve students with this disorder
Source ASHA SLP Schools Survey 2004
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Areas of Intervention Served by Speech-Language
Pathologists in Health Care Settings Pediatric
ServicesAverage percentage of time by area of
intervention
Source ASHA SLP Health Care Survey 2005
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Areas of Intervention Served by Speech-Language
Pathologists in Health Care Settings Adult
ServicesAverage percentage of time by area of
intervention
Source ASHA SLP Health Care Survey 2005
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Important ASHA Resources for Students

• ASHA Web site www.asha.org
• Action Center 800-498-2071 www.actioncenter_at_asha
  .org
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
  (ASHF) www.ashfoundation.org
• Scholarships Research Grants
• All ASHA Journals are now online back to 1990
• Minority Student Leadership Program
  www.asha.org/students/mslp
• NSSLHA www.nsslha.org
• The ASHA Gathering Place thegatheringplace_at_asha.
  org

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Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities
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Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities

• State and National Professional Associations
• ASHA has numerous boards, committees, councils,
  joint committees, and liaison representative
  positions in which members serve
• Approximately 350 members serve on standing
  boards, committees, councils, and joint
  committees, and as liaison representatives
  annually
• Approximately 75 100 members are appointed to
  ad hoc committees and/or working groups each year

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Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities

• ASHA Committees Boards that have a student
  representative
• Board of Division Coordinators
• Council for Clinical Certification
• Multicultural Issues Board

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Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities What to
Do to Get Appointed - Members

• Become familiar with the Associations
  committees, boards, and councils and their
  charges info is on the Web site
• Place your name in the Volunteer Pool by
  completing a Volunteer Pool Form online
  http//www.asha.org/about/leadership-projects/

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Volunteer Pool Form (Online!)
To complete a Volunteer Pool Form online, please
visit http//www.asha.org/about/leadership-proje
cts/ Then click on Volunteer Pool Form to join or
update information
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Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities What to
Do to Get Appointed - Members

• Inform the vice president who monitors the group
  on which you would like to serve, and/or the
  chair, and/or your Legislative Councilor(s) of
  your interests, concerns, and views relative to
  the committee, board, or council

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Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities What to
Do to Get Appointed Members

• Respond to peer review for drafts of position
  statements, guidelines, technical reports, and
  questionnaires - helps you to become known to the
  vice presidents, the chairs, and the National
  Office ex officios
• Take an active part in your state association and
  develop volunteer experience by being an active
  and contributing member.

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Get Involved - Volunteer Opportunities

• For more information on volunteer opportunities,
  contact
• Luella Cannon
• Phone [phone], ext. 4160
• E-mail lcannon_at_asha.org
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• Visit the ASHA Committees, Boards, and Councils
  webpage
• http//www.asha.org/about/Leadership-projects/
  

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Feedback Please

• What do you think ASHA is doing well?
• What is ASHA not doing well?
• What is ASHA not doing that it should?