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(San Diego, CA - November 12, 2007) Claudia Dunaway, speech-language pathologist in the San Diego unified school district will be awarded the will be awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation the Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools during the 2007 Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), November 15-17 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools recognizes the outstanding commitment and contribution to service delivery in the schools.
Claudia Dunaway is honored for creating and sustaining 10 unique school service delivery programs, with special recognition for two evidence-based models: the San Diego Analysis Research Project and SALT Lab; and the Articulation Resource Center and Speech Improvement Class. The first project resulted in the development of reliable norms to measure expressive language of students in grades K-3, providing an authentic local baseline measure for assessments of young children. The second project established an intensive, systematic articulation program within general education for students with single speech sound disorders-one of the first tiered "response to intervention" programs for speech-language pathologists in the country.
The annual ASHA convention is the most comprehensive development conference for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language and hearing scientists. It features more than 1,500 educational sessions that highlight the latest developments in research and clinical practices for professionals who provide services in schools, hospitals, health care centers, rehabilitation clinics, and other practice settings.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation is a charitable organization that promotes a better quality of life for children and adults with communication disorders. Its mission is to advance knowledge about the causes and treatment of hearing, speech, and language problems. The ASHFoundation also raises funds from individuals, corporations, and organizations to support research, graduate education, and special projects that foster discovery and innovation in the field of communication sciences.
The ASHFoundation is affiliated with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 127,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders.
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