2006 Focused Initiatives
Focused Initiative: Evidence-Based Practice
Second Quarter Progress Report (April-June)
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For each of the 2006 Focused Initiatives, a work plan that includes the strategies to be completed in 2006 was developed. During the 2nd quarter of the year, the strategy implementation teams initiated activities necessary to complete the strategies by the dates indicated. View the 2006 work plan for each Focused Initiative. The following report highlights some of the actions that were initiated during the 2nd quarter and includes information on the status of all strategies included in the work plan at the end of the 2nd quarter.
2nd Quarter Highlights
- Conducted meetings of ASHA national office units and volunteer leaders in research to develop a 20-page listing of federal disability and rehabilitation research issues on specific ways to improve future research for individuals with communication disabilities, including the areas of early intervention for speech, language, and hearing disabilities, as well as literacy, service delivery in schools and various health care settings.
- President Alex Johnson testified at a hearing of the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) in Washington, DC, which sought comments with respect to the federal disability and rehabilitation research agenda.
- The standards for inclusion of evidence-based information in ASHA policy documents have been revised and N-CEP will provide training to Professional Practices clusters later this year.
- A Web-based discussion forum has been launched and work is underway to develop a mechanism for establishing and supporting direct collaborative partnerships between clinicians and researchers related to evidence-based research.
NOTE: Many of the strategies included in the Evidence-Based Practice work plan are ongoing. Please access the 2006 work plan to review all of the strategies being implemented.
There are 14 strategies in the Evidence-Based Practices work plan. Following is the status for the 1st and 2nd quarter.
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Quarter
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Not Started
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25% Complete
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50% Complete
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75% Complete
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100% Complete
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Eliminated
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1st
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5
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5
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2
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2
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2nd
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2
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2
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6
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1
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2
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1
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For additional information related to ASHA’s Focused Initiatives, please contact:
Stan Dublinske
Senior Advisor for Planning
sdublinske@asha.org.
This page was updated on: 3/26/2008.