Elevating Your Profession

(LIVE01) Coffee and Tea With AuDs and SLPs: Advocacy Awareness & Strategies for Educational Audiologists and SLPs

Thursday, July 14, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

CE Credit: 0.1 ASHA CEUs/1.0 professional development hours

Panelist(s)

Amy Hogue, MA, CCC/SLP

Speech Language Pathologist
ASHA School Finance Committee
Teresa Anthony, MHA, MA, CCC-SLP

Clinic Director
University of South Florida
Eric Masten

Director of Federal Affairs, Education
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Bill Knudsen

Director of Education Policy
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Moderator(s)

Jeffrey Regan, MA

Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Amy Hogue: Financial Disclosures: Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
Nonfinancial Disclosures: Chair of ASHA School Finance Committee
Teresa Anthony: Financial Disclosures: None
Nonfinancial Disclosures: Chair of ASHA's Medicaid Committee; member of the FLASHA Medicaid Taskforce
Eric Masten: Financial Disclosures: ASHA employee
Nonfinancial Disclosures: None
Bill Knudsen: Financial Disclosures: ASHA employee
Nonfinancial Disclosures: None
Jeffrey Regan: Financial Disclosures: ASHA employee
Nonfinancial Disclosures: None

Description:

In this live discussion, speakers and participants will discuss the importance of amplifying your voice to advocate for policy and professional changes within schools. Speakers and participants will share resources and tools to assist with engaging in effective advocacy and explain how ASHA supports members differently than a union or state education agency.

Learning Outcomes:

You will be able to:

Differentiate between professional and policy advocacy
Explain ASHA’s role in advocating for school-based issues
Identify at least two resources or tools for engaging in effective advocacy