ASHA Strategic Plan

Issue F

Third Quarter Progress Report
July-September 2007

Issue F: The expectation that people of all nations worldwide will have access to quality, culturally competent speech-language pathology and audiology programs and services to achieve optimum communication abilities across their lifespan, requires encouraging mutual international collaboration efforts to set standards for registration/credentialing for experts in communication sciences and disorders worldwide while respecting each nation's models of education and professional practice.

3^rd Quarter Highlights

State licensure/ASHA certification reciprocity information, if available, is included in each State's licensure law and can be accessed for each state on the ASHA Web site.
Prepared FAQ's related to the quadrilateral mutual recognition agreement including the processes for meeting ASHA standards under the agreement.
Information has been collected from the Ireland and New Zealand associations for consideration of inclusion in the Mutual Recognition Agreement.
The updated salary supplement state and local charts are located on the ASHA Web site. Information on increasing salaries can be found on ASHA's Web site.
Results of the International Survey were published in The ASHA Leader, "Going Global: Survey Gathers CDS Data from 22 Countries," September 4, 2007, page 34.

There are 10 strategies in the work plan for Issue F. Following is the status for the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd quarters.