Description of ASHA's Communities
ASHA has nearly forty Communities. One is right for you! What's your interest?
ASHA CE Provider Applicants
A community for ASHA Approved CE Provider applicants to ask ASHA CE and each other questions, build a community of other applicants, and access support and assistance.
Audiology
General community for audiologists to discuss issues and share resources.
Audiology & SLP Business Network
A community for ASHA member business owners and professionals from industry-related companies come together to collaborate, share insights, and grow your business.
Auditory (Re)habilitation
This community is for audiologists and speech-language pathologists who specialize in auditory (re)habilitation across the lifespan, offering a space for networking, idea exchange, and meaningful professional collaboration.
Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)
A community for professionals supporting individuals who use AAC and communication technologies. Topics include AAC assessment, device selection, implementation strategies, training approaches, and emerging technologies across the lifespan.
Autism
Community to discuss issues related to working with individuals with autism.
Career Corner
Community for communication sciences and disorders professionals: Resume and interviewing tips, life/work balance, career planning, and more.
Clinicians & Researchers Collaborating (CLARC)
Community for researchers and clinicians to discuss and share ideas, advice, and resources on research collaborations.
Counseling
The Counseling community promotes counseling education, research, and practice for clinicians, researchers, assistants, and students to optimize treatment outcomes and equip clinicians with knowledge and skills to support clients/patients/students and their families.
Craniofacial and Velopharyngeal Disorders
A community for professionals serving individuals with craniofacial anomalies and velopharyngeal disorders. Topics include cleft palate management, interprofessional care coordination, surgical considerations, and speech-language intervention approaches.
Culture, Language, and Identity
A community for professionals committed to culturally responsive practice in communication sciences and disorders. Topics include multicultural assessment, bilingual service delivery, cultural competency, health disparities, and inclusive practice approaches.
Early Intervention
Community for members working with infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
Early-Career Professionals
A community for early-career professional (ECP) members of ASHA (30 years of age or under, or with 5 years or less in the professions) to discuss issues and share ideas, tips, and resources.
Engaging with Unions in Schools
Community to discuss and share tips/resources on how to operate within the organizational frameworks of teacher unions.
Geriatric Practices
A community for professionals providing services to older adults. Topics include normal aging, age-related changes, issues for service provision in various settings, reimbursement advocacy, dementia care, interprofessional geriatric team approaches, and communication and swallowing disorders in older adults.
Global Issues in Communication Sciences
This community provides a platform for exploring global and cross-cultural issues related to communication, language, speech, hearing, and swallowing. It fosters dialogue and collaboration to promote equity, access, and culturally responsive practices in communication sciences and related disorders across diverse populations and settings.
Hearing and Balance Sciences: Research and Clinical Applications
A community for professionals engaged in hearing and balance research and clinical practice. Topics include vestibular disorders, hearing science applications, research methodologies, and translating research findings into clinical practice.
Improving Workload in Schools
A community for SLPs using ASHA workload resources and to collaborate on issues related to workload management in schools.
Issues in Higher Education
This community brings together members with shared interests in faculty development, academic leadership, curriculum design, research training, and other topics related to higher education in Communication Sciences and Disorders. It serves as a collaborative space for sharing resources, exchanging ideas, and supporting the advancement of teaching, learning, and scholarship across diverse academic contexts.
Language Learning and Literacy
Language Learning and Literacy focuses on assessment and intervention related to all aspects of spoken and written language learning for children and adults with developmental language disorder, language impairment, autism spectrum disorder, and other neurodevelopmental and intellectual disorders.
Leadership Academy
The ASHA Leadership Academy is where you can deepen your knowledge of leadership through webinars, mentoring, and more.
Military Spouse Community
This is an ASHA member-only community for those affiliated with the Armed Forces to complement the FB group Military Spouse SLP Audiologist Unite. The intent is to share professional information and resources and engage in discussions.
Neurogenic Communication Disorders
A community for professionals treating neurogenic communication disorders across the lifespan. Topics include cognitive-communication disorders, acquired language disorders, motor speech disorders, and clinical practices in neurological settings.
Pediatric Hearing and Hearing Disorders
A community for audiologists and speech-language pathologists working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Topics include early identification, intervention strategies, family support, educational planning, and technology applications.
Professional Materials Exchange
This is a discussion for ASHA and NSSLHA members to buy, sell, or swap books and other therapeutic materials. ASHA does not participate in, benefit from, or take responsibility for any arrangements made through this forum. This discussion is only for use by independent individuals. Posts by representatives of publishers, distributors, or other commercial operations are not allowed.
Public Health in CSD
A community for professionals interested in public health in communication sciences and disorders. Topics include population health, health promotion, disease prevention, health disparities, community-based interventions, and health policy advocacy.
Research
Community to share information, ask for help, and network about research topics in communication sciences and disorders.
Roommate Matching for ASHA Convention
This is a community for those looking to share hotel rooms at the ASHA Convention.
Rural and Remote Service Delivery
This is a group for members who are providing services to clients in rural and remote areas to come together and share resources, ideas and support to inform their practice.
School-Based Professionals
A community for speech-language pathologists, assistants, and audiologists working in educational settings. Topics include IEP development, classroom collaboration, evidence-based school practice, student outcomes, and educational policy considerations.
SLP Health Care
Community for SLPs in a health care setting. Topics include: scope of practice, HIPAA, reimbursement, and quality.
SLP Private Practice
Community for SLPs in private practice. Topics include: starting a practice, marketing, reimbursement, and contracting.
Speech and Hearing Science
This community provides a platform for sharing advancements and information in the area of speech and hearing science, including associated instrumentation and technology, as it applies to clinical practice, research and education in speech-language pathology and audiology.
Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
A community for professionals working with fluency disorders across the lifespan. Topics include assessment and intervention for stuttering and cluttering, evidence-based treatment approaches, and practice across multiple settings.
Supervision and Administration
A community for professionals engaged in clinical supervision and administrative roles in speech-language pathology and audiology. Topics include supervision best practices, clinical education, program management, and professional development.
Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders
A community for professionals specializing in normal swallowing and swallowing disorders. Topics include dysphagia assessment, intervention techniques, instrumental evaluation, research findings, and practice across populations and settings.
Telepractice and Technology
Connect with fellow audiologists and SLPs through discussions and resources focused on where innovation meets daily practice in telepractice and emerging technology trends.
Voice and Upper Airway
The Voice and Upper Airway community fosters discussion on voice, upper airway, and gender-related communication, aiming to connect clinicians and consumers with emerging developments. It encourages topics from professional, clinical, educational, and scientific perspectives, including voice perception, anatomy, disorders, performance, airway function, and gender-related vocal adaptations.
