Hello ASHA Leaders,
One of the long-standing challenges for school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) continues to be workload management. To support our school-based members with workload issues, the ASHA School Services team will host the fourth edition of our virtual school town hall series titled "Strategies to Address Workload in Schools." This event takes place on Wednesday, October 27, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., ET, via Zoom. Our panelists will share ASHA resources and success stories of school-based practitioners and administrators. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions about strategies and practical solutions to address their unique challenges.
Registration is required: https://asha.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vk83tmD-Q4-_g2W9X-PRAw
The panel includes the following individuals:
Christina Bradburn, MS, CCC-SLP; Speech-Language Pathologist/Educational Diagnostician, Shelbyville Central Schools, Indiana
Verna Chinen, MS, CCC-SLP; Educational Specialist, Hawaii Department of Education's Special Education Section; part-time Clinical Educator, University of Hawaii Department of Communication Science and Disorders
Dawn Merth-Johnson, MA, CCC-SLP; Speech-Language Pathologist, Iowa-Grant School District, Livingston, Wisconsin; ASHA State Education Advocacy Leader Champion for the Midwest region
Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, EdD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, BCS-CL; Associate Dean, College of Health Professions and Sciences, University of Central Florida; ASHA Vice President for Speech-Language Pathology Practice
Tanya Shores, EdD, CCC-SLP; Director of Special Education, Seminole County Public Schools, Florida
Tiffany White, MEd, CCC-SLP, CAS; ASHA Director, School Services Team; Moderator
After attending this town hall, the learner will be able to:
- identify and use ASHA workload resources such as the Caseload and Workload Practice Portal page, Workload Calculator, Workload Analysis Calculator, and Workload Action Plan;
- analyze current workload responsibilities and formulate a plan to address unique workload challenges; and
- decide next steps to address workload responsibilities and determine which school- and district-level decision makers to partner with to effect change
This town hall is open to ASHA school-based SLPs and meets the ASHA Clinical Certification Standards defining professional development as an instructional activity. Attendees can earn 1.5 professional development hours (PDHs) for attending the entire live session. PDHs cannot be earned for watching the recording of the event.
The 1.5 PDHs obtained from attending this town hall are not an ASHA continuing education unit (CEU), per se, but can be applied toward ASHA certification maintenance. It is the attendee's responsibility to determine whether the PDHs can be applied toward state licensure renewal as determined by their individual state licensure board. A downloadable certificate of completion will be distributed to all participants at the end of the event.
I hope you'll join us!
Sincerely,
Stacey
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Stacey Ellison Glasgow, MA, CCC-SLP
Pronouns: She/her/hers
ASHA, Assoc. Dir., School Services
SIG 1 ex officio
sglasgow@asha.org------------------------------