ASHA and Council on Education of the Deaf (CED) Joint Committee

Welcome to the ASHA-CED Joint Committee Web site hosted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. This site serves as a repository of materials and documents created by the Committee. The goal of this site is to make the material accessible to Committee members and others who may be interested in the work of this group.

Overview of the ASHA-CED Joint Committee

The committee is comprised of representatives from both ASHA and CED. This committee was established by the ASHA Legislative Council to "explore issues of mutual concern relative to the delivery of professional services to hearing impaired persons." (LC 35-80)

Organizations in CED

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, Inc. (AG Bell)
• Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
• Council of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID)
• Association of College Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACE-D/HH)
• National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
• The American Society of Deaf Children (ASDC)
• Council for Exceptional Children/Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 140,000 members and affiliates who are speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally.

Joint Committee Purposes

• To serve in a general advocacy role by providing input to ASHA and CED on proposed federal and state legislation and regulations;
• To promote quality services and education for children and adults who are deaf/hard-of-hearing and their families;
• To define terminology and service provision for professionals through the collaborative development and dissemination of policy documents and other resources; and
• To provide an opportunity to liaise and network among professionals and other associations and organizations.

Documents Developed by the Committee

• Service Provision to Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Birth to 36 Months - Technical Report (2008)
• Fact Sheet: Natural Environments for Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Their Families (2006)
• Roles of Speech-Language Pathologists and Teachers of Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Development of Communicative and Linguistic Competence - Position Statement (2004)
• Roles of Speech-Language Pathologists and Teachers of Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Development of Communicative and Linguistic Competence - Guidelines (2004)
• Roles of Speech-Language Pathologists and Teachers of Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Development of Communicative and Linguistic Competence - Technical Report (2004)
• Hearing Loss: Terminology and Classification - Technical Report (1998)
• Hearing Loss: Terminology and Classification - Position Statement (1998)

Select Web Resources

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell)
• American Sign Language Think Tank
• ASL Access
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Classroom Interpreting
• Deaf Education
• Deaf Linx
• DeafHOH-Health
• Educational Audiology Association (EAA)
• Hands and Voices
• Hands and Voices article—RTI: What It Is, What It Isn't
• My Baby’s Hearing
• National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM)
• National Consortium on Deaf–Blindness (NCDB)
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• Raising Deaf Kids
• The Itinerant Connection
• World Federation of the Deaf
• Wrightslaw

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