Advocacy and You: Be the Change

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Course Title: Advocacy and You: Be the Change 

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Learning Objectives:

1. Define advocacy and the importance of state level and national

level efforts in the field of SLP.

2. Identify 4 advocacy roles that exist at a state level for speech-language

pathologists. 

3. Outline 5 ways SLPs can get involved with advocacy at a state and national level.

References & Resources:

Contact Jennifer Henderson via email jlh@mysidekicktherapy.com

1. Swanson, L. A., & Perry, H. (2021). Effects of telepractice on services provided to students with disabilities in rural schools. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 52(4), 1119-1132. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_LSHSS-21-00137

2. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (2023, November 28). SLPs and audiologists: Join the advocacy movement. The ASHA Leader. https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.FTP.28112023.slps-auds-advocacy.8

3. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (n.d.). Early childhood education: Foundations for literacy development. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 13(1), 13 17. https://doi.org/10.1044/ffd13.1.13

4. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (2003, August 17). SLPs and school reform: The role we play. The ASHA Leader. https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.GR.08172003.1

5. Cummings, J. (2022). Recent advances in dysphagia research and treatment. Seminars in Speech and Language, 43(2), 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1743543

6. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (2008, October 13). SLPs in private practice: Navigating the changing landscape. The ASHA Leader. 

https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.FTP.13102008.20

7. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (n.d.). Advocacy. https://www.asha.org/advocacy/

8. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (n.d.). ASHA member advocacy. https://www.asha.org/advocacy/asha-member-advocacy/