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CSHA Central Office: c/o Craven Management Associates | 700 McKnight Park Drive | Suite 708 | Pisburgh, PA 15237 855-727-2836 | FAX 888-729-3489 | [email protected]| www.CSHAssoc.org Newsletter From the President A Publication of the Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association Spring 2020 Inside This Issue COVID-19 Resources ACE Award Recipients ASHA Representative Corner Day at the Capitol 2020 Join the CSHA Board Invitation to Submit Dear CSHA Members, M y name is Emilie McLeod, and I am very proud to serve as the CSHA Board of Directors president in 2020. What a strange and humbling time we find ourselves in as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. More than ever, speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Colorado are demonstrating our value bravely providing front-line services in medical settings, innovatively delivering school- based services from home and adaptively keeping private practices running via teletherapy. I am honored to be a part of such a remarkable group of people. Although 2020 will certainly be an extraordinary year, CSHA will continue to advocate for speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Colorado. We maintain consistent communication with our lobbyist at the Capitol to keep our professions involved with current legislation. We continue to look ahead to next year when we will promote a bill to approve interstate compact certification in Colorado. Interstate compact certification would allow Colorado speech-language pathologists to work across state lines with just their Colorado certification. Colorado will be one of the first states to present this legislation to our Congress, but many other states will follow. We want to know your questions and opinions about the compact! Please see more information about the compact from ASHA by visiting: https://www.asha.org/Advocacy/state/Audiology-and-Speech- Language-Pathology-Interstate-Compact/, and let us know what you think. As we navigate together through the unknown landscape of the upcoming year, please be sure to renew your membership and promote CSHA membership among your friends and colleagues. Your membership dues are valuable, allowing us to continue to advocate and provide education for Colorado speech-language pathologists and audiologists. We quite literally cannot do it without you! Please never hesitate to contact CSHA with questions or concerns. Our new vision statement is Making Colorado a Place Where All Voices Are Heard and that includes every single one of yours. Gratefully, Emilie McLeod, MS, CCC-SLP CSHA President Colorado Speech-Language and Hearing Association Check out CSHA’s website at www.cshassoc.org. Get information on upcoming events, renew your membership, find links to important resources and much more. If you have questions or suggestions on how CSHA can better serve your needs, please send us an email to [email protected] or call us at 855-727-2836.
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NewsletterFrom the President
A Publication of the Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association Spring 2020
Inside This Issue COVID-19 Resources
ACE Award Recipients
ASHA Representative Corner
Day at the Capitol 2020
Join the CSHA Board
Invitation to Submit
Dear CSHA Members,
My name is Emilie McLeod, and I am very proud to serve as the CSHA Board of Directors president in 2020. What
a strange and humbling time we find ourselves in as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. More than ever, speech-language
pathologists and audiologists in Colorado are demonstrating our value bravely providing front-line services in medical settings, innovatively delivering school-based services from home and adaptively keeping private practices running via teletherapy. I am honored to be a part of such a remarkable group of people.
Although 2020 will certainly be an extraordinary year, CSHA will continue to advocate for speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Colorado. We maintain consistent communication with our lobbyist at the Capitol to keep our professions involved with current legislation. We continue to look ahead to next year when we will promote a bill to approve interstate compact certification in Colorado. Interstate compact certification would allow Colorado speech-language pathologists to work across state lines with just their Colorado certification. Colorado will be one of the first states to present this legislation to our Congress, but many other states will follow. We want to know your questions and opinions about the compact! Please see more information about the compact from ASHA by visiting: https://www.asha.org/Advocacy/state/Audiology-and-Speech-Language-Pathology-Interstate-Compact/, and let us know what you think.
As we navigate together through the unknown landscape of the upcoming year, please be sure to renew your membership and promote CSHA membership among your friends and colleagues. Your membership dues are valuable, allowing us to continue to advocate and provide education for Colorado speech-language pathologists and audiologists. We quite literally cannot do it without you! Please never hesitate to contact CSHA with questions or concerns. Our new vision statement is Making Colorado a Place Where All Voices Are Heard and that includes every single one of yours.
Gratefully,Emilie McLeod, MS, CCC-SLP CSHA President
Colorado Speech-Language andHearing Association
Check out CSHA’s website at www.cshassoc.org. Get information on upcoming events, renew your membership, find links to important resources and much more. If you have questions or suggestions on how CSHA can better serve your needs, please send us an email to [email protected] or call us at 855-727-2836.
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CSHA recommends staying up-to-date on COVID-19 guidelines and resources to enhance current practice and
develop appropriate safety procedures to provide therapy services in a safe and effective manner.
Please check out the links for vital information regarding the SLP’s role in response during COVID-19.
ASHA Guidelines:
https://www.asha.org/About/Coronavirus-Updates/
CDC Guidelines:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Q and A from Department of Education:
https://www.isbe.net/Documents/qa-covid-19-03-12-2020.pdf
National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfpoe3Y-tMw
Telepractice support for working with Pediatric Population:
https://www.thewhimsicalword.com/teletherapy-resources
ASHA Learning Pass is free to ASHA members until June 30. Now may be a great time to get free continuing education credits that cover new supervision and ethics requirements:
https://www.asha.org/eweb/OLSDynamicPage.aspx?webcode=olsASHALearningPass
Pearson is offering free access to its online testing catalogue through Qglobal, so you can administer evaluations and re-evals over telepractice without needing to buy the online test materials:
https://qglobal.pearsonclinical.com/
The Informed SLP is a website that helps practicing clinicians know our field’s research. Their team of 35 scientists and clinicians read hundreds of papers every month, to find the evidence that speech-language pathologists need most.
They then describe the research in plain language, so that speech-language pathologists can know the research in a way that is straightforward, simple and immediately applicable.
Become a member of Informed SLP using the 30 percent off coupon code, Colorado. The coupon is valid between now and May 30. For every member of CSHA who joins using our coupon, The Informed SLP will also give back $10 to our association!
Join now: https://www.theinformedslpmembers.com/membership-details.
ASHA Representative Corner
Allison FosterState Education Advocacy Leaders (SEAL)[email protected]
Nicole EverhartState Advocate for Reimbursement (STAR)[email protected]
Karen JohnsonState Advocates for Medicare Policy (StAMP)[email protected]
Stephanie Coe State Telepractice [email protected]
ACE Award Recipients
The following ASHA members and/or certificate holders were presented the Award for Continuing Education
(ACE) by the Continuing Education Board. The ACE is a formal recognition of professionals who have demonstrated their commitment to lifelong learning by earning 7.0 CEUs (70 contact hours) within a 36-month period. Thank you clinician’s for your commitment to Education!
Keely Aragon
MayJean Barnes
Allison Biever
Cheryl Bland November
Angela Burke
Katharine Draper
Cynthia Durr
Shaunda Eady Harendt
Monica Ellis
Bridget Marie Harrington
Camille Harris
Jennifer Luise Hickey
Sharyl Hoepfinger
Linnea Howie
Betsy Koch
Juliana Litts
Heather Mason
Carol Messier
Kay Miller
Sara Nohavec
Marnie Pomeroy
Raquel Reed
Patrick Reeves
Sharon Rueter
Kimberly Schwarz
Vanessa Sievewright
Nancy Sims
Becky Spence
Nicole Storbakken
Amanda Tarr
Katrina Vining
Ericka Wendorf
Justin Whitley
Karen Wilber
COVID-19 Resources
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On January 15, nine members
from Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association participated in our annual Day at the Capitol event. It is an annual event where Colorado speech-language pathologists and audiologists have an opportunity to meet
with legislators to engage in dialogue about legislative priorities that impact the profession and the clients that we serve.
We spent the morning meeting with legislators and their staff, discussing current issues that will affect our professional and client community in 2020. We discussed the speech therapy bill, sunsetting in the early fall that may “deregulate” our profession at the DORA level. We discussed the critical work within the large scope of our practice and the concerns with reimbursement rate relative to other similar profession rates.
Our members were introduced to the legislators on the floor during an active session and were recognized and applauded for our work and commitment to the community.
It is important to meet and network with lawmakers at the state level, to engage as one loud voice to bring attention to critical issues impacting our daily clinical practice and the lives of our clients. We are grateful for the opportunity to do this annually.
Day at the Capitol 2020
Join the CSHA Board
You can earn up to five PDAs by serving as a volunteer CSHA board member!
If you are interested in earning your PDAs by serving on the CSHA board, the following positions will be available for 2020:
Note: Positions followed by “elect” indicate that you will spend the year learning the role from the current board member in that position and will serve in the official role the following year. • President-Elect - This position requires at least one year of
prior board experience.
For more information about these positions and what they entail, visit the CSHA website at www.cshassoc.org.
Invitation to Submit CSHA and your colleagues would like to hear from you!
The CSHA Newsletter is published four times a year by the Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association. We would love to include your stories “from the trenches.” Are there interesting strategies you would like to share? Do you have heart-warming stories that remind you that you have the best job in the world? Are you doing something awesome for your community? Share them with us!
We welcome editorial submissions but cannot assume responsibility or commitment for unsolicited material. Any editorial material, including photographs that are accepted from an unsolicited contributor, will become the property of the Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
The publisher shall not be liable for any of the views expressed by the authors published in the newsletter, nor shall these opinions necessarily reflect those of the publisher.
Send submissions or inquiries to Andrea Skoog, communications director, [email protected].
PresidentEmilie Straka McLeod
President-ElectVacant
Past PresidentAmanda Tarr
VP for Public PolicyAmy Fetter
VP for Public Policy-ElectAngela Burke
VP for EducationAmber Rae
VP for Education-ElectKatia Bruno
VP for MembershipHolly Kleiber
VP for Membership-ElectChristina Riseman
TreasurerWendy Rich
Treasurer-ElectTracie Bearden
Communications DirectorAndrea Skoog
Communications Director-Elect
Marie Jette
Foundation LiaisonCatherine Curran
Student LiaisonsSerena Laughen - CU
Abbie Hunt - UNCEmmalee Mason - Metro
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2020 CSHA EXECUTIVE BOARD
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