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To revise the mission statement and program goals, faculty, students, and community members reviewed a draft developed during spring 2007. Their input resulted in a mission statement and goals that reflect national guidelines and local concerns and represent the unique qualities of our program:
The mission of the Communicative Disorders Program (CD) at San Francisco State University (SFSU) is to prepare professionals to provide competent and compassionate service to people with communication disorders across the lifespan. The SFSU CD Program is based on the following core values: collaboration; compassion; resilience; inquiry and investigation; life-long learning; professionalism; multiculturalism, and internationalism.
Following review of the Qualitative Indicators by faculty and stakeholders, the indicators were adapted to include the following goals to guide program action planning:
- Promote a climate in which collaboration with all partners in the service of persons with communicative disorders is the core of clinical service.
- Demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of people with disabilities and their family members, through compassion for all participants and perspectives in communicative disorders.
- Obtain cultural competence in coursework and clinical experiences in the context of the unique cultural and linguistic diversity of the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Participate in learning experiences across the continuum of professional development, from foundation course work in communication disorders for undergraduate students, to graduate education in speech-language pathology and audiology, to continuing education and life-long learning.
- Develop resilience and skills necessary for future and current professionals to thrive in the workplace of the future.
- Promote clinical competence through the development of self-evaluation and analysis of the clinical interaction that builds a professional sense of self in all interactions.
- Embody a teaching and learning environment to foster critical thinking, research and inquiry throughout academic and clinical experiences, thereby instilling the principles of life-long learning.
- Promote evidence-based practice in the application of research in clinical services, and thereby adhere to the highest standards of science and efficacy.
- Participate in international study and clinical exchange opportunities in communication sciences and disorders, with a focus on the promotion of an international world view for our profession that is inclusive of all peoples and cultures.
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