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I'm not going to directly address ASHA's statements towards people but I find them to be somewhat disappointing, not yet being certified and having fully explored all the different certification/licensing options, those statements come across as very bullyish and definitely not the right way to go about retaining and encouraging membership.
Cidanu, to provide a counterpoint to your statement, I would argue that while we are 2 distinct professions, we are 2 sides of the same coin. We deal with receptive communication and SLP's deal with expressive. Yes there is more to it than that (vestib, IOM, electrophys SOL testing, etc), but I still see one of our principal objectives being restoration of communication. It is definitely not always something that is easy. I think there is a definite strength in numbers especially when it comes to all the political crap. If we feel our voice isn't being heard we may need to shout a little louder.
*bias alert/frame of reference: I currently serve on the NSSLHA Executive council*
I'm very eager to see the rest of this thread and hear people's point of views. The NSSLHA board is very eager to be reaching out to AuD students to try and figure out what we can do to better serve us. ASHA has also told us they desire to improve things too. I was actually about to start a related thread when I saw this so please keep your eyes open for that a little later tonight and I welcome any and all input.
*bias alert/frame of reference: I currently serve on the NSSLHA Executive council*
Cidanu, to provide a counterpoint to your statement, I would argue that while we are 2 distinct professions, we are 2 sides of the same coin. We deal with receptive communication and SLP's deal with expressive. Yes there is more to it than that (vestib, IOM, electrophys SOL testing, etc), but I still see one of our principal objectives being restoration of communication.
That's interesting. Do you know the Council President? We know each other.
Yup! Megan's pretty cool. And there is another audiology student on the board as well. She is an AuD/PhD student who is serving as member at large. That position is always filled by a student who is the opposite major of the sitting president.
Samantha?
Read my comment on 8/7..
Yes, that Megan. She graduated from CSUF two years ago.... She's currently at CSULB for her masters in SLP.
Good luck!
ADA has filed a lawsuit, looks like it's getting nasty.
It is a little ridiculous that in order to graduate, I must meet 1800+ hours working with ASHA certified audiologists. I'm sure there are a lot of audiologists out there that elect against certification who would make quality preceptors for an externship. Having said that, suggesting that non-ASHA audiologists are not allowed to supervise is dead wrong.
It is required to graduate in my program. I have heard of other programs allowing students to sign a waiver stating they will not be pursuing ASHA certification.I'm not sure what program you are in, but you only have to work with an Audiologist with their CCC's if you want to be certified through ASHA. You DO NOT need your CCC's to work as an audiologist. I am currently a 4th year Au.D. student and my preceptor is not ASHA certified. Choose your clinical sites by experience not off of ASHA certification. There are many wonderful preceptors without their CCC's!
Either way you don't want to get your CCC's for many reasons, but in general ASHA is holding our field back. They didn't want us to advance to a doctoral program and they certainly don't want us to stop paying dues.
I'm curious, besides pediatric patients, how many people work closely with SLPs on a daily basis?
It is required to graduate in my program. I have heard of other programs allowing students to sign a waiver stating they will not be pursuing ASHA certification.
I'm curious, besides pediatric patients, how many people work closely with SLPs on a daily basis?
I'm not sure what program you are in, but you only have to work with an Audiologist with their CCC's if you want to be certified through ASHA. You DO NOT need your CCC's to work as an audiologist. I am currently a 4th year Au.D. student and my preceptor is not ASHA certified. Choose your clinical sites by experience not off of ASHA certification. There are many wonderful preceptors without their CCC's!
Either way you don't want to get your CCC's for many reasons, but in general ASHA is holding our field back. They didn't want us to advance to a doctoral program and they certainly don't want us to stop paying dues.
I'm curious, besides pediatric patients, how many people work closely with SLPs on a daily basis?