2025 Resolutions and Motions

RESOLVED, That the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Board of Directors (BOD) shall accept the Report of the Special Interest Group (SIG) Program Review Task Force.

Approved: 15–0

RESOLVED, That the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Board of Directors will either approve or deny a proposed 2% bylaws amendment petition (BAP) submitted by a group of individuals who refer to themselves as the “SLP Power In Numbers Collective.”

Denied: 16–0

RESOLVED, That the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Board of Directors (BOD) authorize the use of funds from the Special Opportunities Fund for the purpose of engaging new positions that will directly support the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide taxonomy and ontology management system, and further

RESOLVED, that the taxonomy positions are funded from the Special Opportunities Fund for a 3-year term of up to $400,000 per year.

Approved: 14–0

RESOLVED, That the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Board of Directors (BOD) appoint the following individual to serve on the National Association for Hearing and Speech Action Board (hereafter, “NAHSA Board”), ASHA’s consumer affiliate, in the identified position and term:

• Dr. Kelli A. Uitenham, CCC-SLP, Serenity Speech Therapy, PLCC, effective immediately upon appointment and lasting until December 31, 2027.

Approved: 10–0–0–1

RESOLVED, That the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Board of Directors (BOD) deems it advisable and in the best interests of the National Association for Hearing and Speech Action (NAHSA) to convert from a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation to a Maryland nonstock corporation;

RESOLVED, That, in connection with the conversion, the ASHA BOD deems it advisable and in the best interests of NAHSA to change its name to Communication Health Support Association (CHSA);

RESOLVED, That, in connection with the conversion, the ASHA BOD approves the Articles of Incorporation of the CHSA attached hereto;

RESOLVED, That the ASHA BOD approves the Bylaws of the CHSA attached hereto.

Approved: 8–0–0–1

RESOLVED, That the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Board of Directors (BOD) authorize the use of up to $1.5 million from the Special Opportunities Fund for phase II of the Renewal, Regeneration, and Reinvention project. The approval of this funding request would provide funding for the continued development of ASHA’s business transformation.

RESOLVED, That the ASHA BOD authorizes the use of funds from the Special Opportunities Fund for funding the following framework of activities:

• Define and describe member value, and effectively communicate the member value proposition (value of the Association)
• Develop an enterprise wide-content strategy (benefit to members, value to the CSD discipline)
• Customize member offerings (benefit to members)

RESOLVED, That the ASHA BOD authorize the use of monies from the Special Opportunities Fund to enable the following possible activities—among others, as needed:

• ASHA website content clean-up.
• Member Login Project—a project designed to identify “members-only” content and communications as well as change management activities.
• The compliance of all ASHA online content with the global standard outlined in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (WCAG 2.2)—a project enabling ASHA to meet WCAG 2.2 compliance standards for all online content (i.e., ASHA Journals/ASHAwire and www.asha.org). As described on the WCAG website, WCAG 2.2 “enables all organizations to measure the accessibility of content, sites, and apps against documented requirements for all people, including those with disabilities.”
• Update to ASHA’s information technology and digital systems.
• Enterprise-Wide Editorial Planning and Workflow Management—part of the ASHA Content Strategy project.
• The addition of increased technical assistance to members through the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

RESOLVED, That the spending timeline for this phase will start in the year 2025, which will allow ASHA to conduct project initiation, do a feasibility analysis, make recommendations, and implement the above-mentioned activities.

Approved: 12–0

RESOLVED, That the ASHA Board of Directors (BOD) approve the Association’s revised long-term investment policy statement—dated April 1, 2025.

Approved: 14–0

RESOLVED, That the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Board of Directors approve the revised version of Practices and Procedures of the Board of Ethics (2025); and further

RESOLVED, That the revised Practices and Procedures of the Board of Ethics (2025) be effective May 1, 2025.

Approved: 11–0

MOVED, That the Board of Directors nominate Dr. Tricia Scaglione, AuD, MBA, CCC-A, FAAA, FNAP, ABAC, CH-TM, CH-AP and Dr. LaGuinn Sherlock, AuD, CCC-A, CH-TM to represent ASHA for review of the AAO-HNS Clinical Practice Guideline on Tinnitus review effective immediately.

Approved: 14–0

MOVED, That the ASHA Board of Directors approve changes to the following performance measure (PM) for Strategic Objective #1: “Expand Data Available for Quality Improvement and Demonstration of Value”:
 
Change PM #1: Number of members who participate in NOMS.
FROM: 
PM#1: Number of members who participate in NOMS.
Baseline date: 2015
Baseline: 7,771
Target Date: 2025
Target: 13,000
 
TO:
PM#1: Number of Completed Records in NOMS Registries
Baseline date: 2020
Baseline: 998
Target Date: 2025
Target: 200,000

Approved: 15–0

MOVED, That the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Board of Directors rescind the following practice policy documents and retain them in ASHA’s archives.

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1982). Learning Disabilities: Issues in the Preparation of Professional Personnel [Position Statement]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.PS1982-00097.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1991). A Model for Collaborative Service Delivery for Students With Language-Learning Disorders in the Public Schools [Relevant Paper]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.RP1991-00123.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1991). Amplification as a Remediation Technique for Children With Normal Peripheral Hearing [Technical Report]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.TR1991-00235.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1991). The Need for Subject Descriptors in Learning Disabilities Research: Preschool Through High School Years [Position Statement]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.PS1991-00099.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1992). Electrical Stimulation for Cochlear Implant Selection and Rehabilitation [Guidelines, Knowledge and Skills, Position Statement]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.GLKSPS1992-00033.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1994). The Role of Research and the State of Research Training Within Communication Sciences and Disorders [Technical Report]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.TR1994-00254.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2001). Knowledge and Skills Required for the Practice of Audiologic/Aural Rehabilitation [Knowledge and Skills]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.KS2001-00216.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2004). Cochlear Implants [Technical Report]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.TR2004-00041.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2004). Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists Providing Services to Infants and Families in the NICU Environment [Knowledge and Skills]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.KS2004-00080.
• American Speech-Language-hearing Association. (2004). Medicaid Guidance for Speech-Language Pathology Services: Addressing the "Under the Direction of" Rule: Technical Report [Position Statement]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.PS2004-00098.
• American Speech-Language-hearing Association. (2004). Medicaid Guidance for Speech-Language Pathology Services: Addressing the "Under the Direction of" Rule: Technical Report [Technical Report]. Available from doi:10.1044/policy.TR2004-00142.

Approved: 11–0

MOVED, That the following individuals be approved as co-chairs for the 2027 Convention Program Committee for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana (2027):

• Suzanne Kimball, Audiology
• Heather Starmer, Speech-Language Pathology

Approved: 15–0