Next Steps 2022 Summer Webinar Series

The Next Steps 2022 Summer Webinar Series is an initiative of the Ad Hoc Committee to Plan Next Steps to Redesign Entry-Level Education for Speech-Language Pathologists which was charged by the ASHA Board of Directors with advancing discussion and planning to redesign entry-level education for speech-language pathologists, including determination of:

What data, dissemination efforts, and actions are needed to make recommendations and propose a plan?
What alternative models of education and changes to the current model should be considered?
How stakeholders can be engaged to obtain comprehensive input from their larger communities?

What is the Next Steps 2022 Summer Webinar Series about?

The goal of the webinar series is to communicate what ASHA is working on, to solicit input from stakeholders about their perceptions, and to gather ideas and reactions from stakeholders about how entry-level education and lifelong learning for SLPs can be improved.

Webinar attendees (and viewers who access the webinar presentations asynchronously) were asked to respond to a survey uniquely created for each webinar so that perceptions and ideas could be gathered from stakeholders. Those who attended the webinar in real-time also had an opportunity to join a breakout group discussion that was recorded and transcribed so that ideas could be collected, and qualitative analyses could be performed.

Two Next Steps webinars on a single topic were held every Tuesday in June and July (except July 5): the “early” webinar ran from 2:30–4 p.m. PST/5:30–7 p.m. EST and the “later” from 5:30–7 p.m. PST/8:30–10 p.m. EST.

Attendees were invited to bring their ideas as the committee is keenly interested in finding innovative solutions to some of our longstanding problems!

Past Events

July 26 - Student Diversity
How can a greater diversity of backgrounds, race and ethnicity, and gender identity be brought into and retained in the profession?

To continue the conversation about this webinar, email increasestudentdiversity@asha.org.

July 19 - Faculty Development
How can faculty prepare to better align their teaching and their program with the future of learning, work, and teaching and with evolving trends in the way education is delivered and speech-language pathology is practiced?

To continue the conversation about this webinar, email fdac@asha.org.

July 12 - Clinical Experiential Learning
How can clinical experiential learning be improved to better prepare speech-language pathology students who are ready to begin working across the full scope of practice and lifespan?

To continue the conversation about this webinar, email experientiallearning@asha.org.

June 28 - Faculty Growth and Sufficiency
How can the professoriate be increased to ensure that there is sufficient faculty capacity to successfully educate speech-language pathology students who are ready to begin working across the full scope of practice and lifespan?

To continue the conversation about this webinar, email fdac@asha.org.

June 21 – Alternative Educational Models
How can the educational model for preparing SLPs be approached differently to better prepare students for entry-level practice, lifelong learning, and the future of work?

To continue the conversation about this webinar, email alternativeed@asha.org.

June 14 - Competency-Based Education
How can competency-based education improve the development and assessment of SLP-specific clinical competencies and other "21^st Century" competencies, such as critical thinking and cultural competence?

To continue the conversation about this webinar, email competencybaseded@asha.org.

June 7 - Future of Learning, Work, and Teaching
How can the science of learning and the need to prepare students to work in a diverse society with strong "21^st Century" skills inform the future of entry-level education for SLPs?

To continue the conversation about this webinar, email futureoflearning@asha.org.