PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Caseload and Workload

Overview

Key Issues

Resources

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Advocacy in action: A state model of change. www.asha.org/Advocacy/state/advocacy-change/.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Advocating for higher salaries and benefits from your school districts. Available from www.asha.org/about/legislation-advocacy/state/advocacy-schools.htm.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Eligibility and dismissal criteria including "adverse affect." Available from www.asha.org/slp/schools/prof-consult/eligibility/.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Medicaid. Available from www.asha.org/public/coverage/Medicaid/.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). State guidebook for the salary supplement initiative. This resource outlines a successful advocacy strategy used by states and local districts to obtain a salary supplement for SLPs in education settings. Retrieved from www.asha.org/advocacy/state/issues/salarysuppguide/.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2000). National data report 1999-2000: National Outcomes Measurement System. Rockville, MD: Author.

Cirrin, F., Bird, A., Biehl, L., Disney, S., Estomin, E., Rudebusch, J. Schraeder, T., & Whitmire, K. (2003). Speech-language caseloads in the schools: A workload analysis approach to setting caseload standards. Seminars in Speech and Language, 24(3), 155-180.

Texas Speech Language Hearing Association. (2010). Implementation guidelines for speech impairment with a fluency disorder. Available from http://www4.esc13.net/uploads/speech/docs/TSHA_Fluency2010.pdf.

Texas Speech Language Hearing Association. (2010).Implementation guidelines for speech impairment with an articulation disorder: Cultural & linguistic diversity (CLD) companion. Retrieved from http://www4.esc13.net/uploads/speech/docs/TSHA_CLD_ArticGuide.pdf.

U.S. Department of Education. (n.d.). Special education programs. Available from http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr.

Wrightslaw (n.d.). Special education and advocacy. Available from www.wrightslaw.com/.

Advocating for Change

Frequently Asked Questions

IDEA Influence

 

References

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