September 26, 2006

ASHA Leader Online

September 26, 2006

U.S. Department of Education sidesteps federal role and sends many issues to the states.

Schools Conference Draws 1,000 to Phoenix

Salary supplement successes in Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and West Virginia mean a $4.8 million annual increase for school clinicians with their CCCs.

Advocacy, Action Plans Lead to Success

Partnerships between state speech-language-hearing associations and ASHA focus on personnel standards and strategies.

Web Accessibility for People with Communication Disabilities

Individuals with communication disabilities may have an impairment that may inhibit their ability to access the over 4 billion Web pages. Here are ways to help clients better access the Internet.

Lessons From the Da Vinci Code: Working with Bilingual/Multicultural Children and Families

When working with culturally and linguistically diverse children and families, SLPs must function as inquisitive diagnosticians using a range of tools to decode the meaning of messages.

Counseling Adults Prior to a Cochlear Implant

Adults who have prelingual or long-term deafness benefit from a team approach to counseling prior to a cochlear implant. *Audiology*

Neurotoxicants: Environmental Contributors to Disability in Children

Recent research reveals that exposures to neruotoxicants can have a particularly detrimental impact on brain function and in turn lead to the expression of learning and developmental disabilities.

Managing Dysphagia in the Schools

Speech-language pathologists have found their roles expanding to include the management of students with dysphagia which requires a team approach.

The ASHFoundation in the 1990s

Three great leaders—Alan Feldman, Fred Minifie, and Noel Matkin—aided the autonomy and expanded the grant program of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.

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