Announcements
Fulbright Opportunity
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering a Fulbright lecturing/consulting award at the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka for the 2008-9 academic year in the field of speech-language pathology. Applications will be accepted from March 1, 2007 until August 1, 2007. For more information, visit http://www.cies.org.
Cleft Palate, Craniofacial Treatment Programs
Since 2001, the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) has had a Position Paper on International Treatment. The Paper
- Aims to foster international exchanges and
- Ensure safe, high quality cleft lip/palate and craniofacial care
ACPA encourages health professionals and scholars to endorse these standards around the world! Access the paper online at http://www.acpa-cpf.org/whoweare/papers.htm.
The World Health Organization (WHO) developed and published the ICF in 2001 to classify functional disabilities and complement WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which classifies diseases. A Weblog has been launched to provide a venue for scholars and clinicians to discuss the ICF (http://icf.blogs.com/icf_weblog).
Sharing Education Across Borders
In 2004, The Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the American Council on Education, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, and the International Association of Universities issued Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders: A Statement on Behalf of Higher Education Institutions Worldwide (PDF format). The document offers a set of principles for providing higher education across borders. In 2006 these groups developed Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders: A Statement on Behalf of Higher Education Institutions Worldwide (PDF format) for use in implementing principles in the 2004 statement.
International Audiology & Speech-Language-Pathology Associations
There are many organizations around the world representing the professional practices of Speech-Langage-Pathology and Audiology.
Quadrilateral Mutual Recognition Agreement
ASHA has entered into a Quadrilateral Mutual Recognition Agreement with professional associations in four countries—the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada—that will allow mutual recognition of certification in speech-language pathology.
CASPLA Affiliation
ASHA and the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) have developed agreements that will allow for the mutual recognition of certification between the two associations.
Become an International Affiliate
We invite you to be an affiliate of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). ASHA currently represents more than 127,000 professionals who are concerned with communication behavior and its disorders.