Ad Hoc Committees

Ad Hoc Committees and Working Groups address single-focused issues that need a timely response and cannot be handled expeditiously by standing committees.

Completed Ad Hoc Committee Reports

Active Ad Hoc Committees

Ad Hoc Committee to Plan Next Steps to Redesign Entry-Level Education for Speech-Language Pathologists

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 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.

Charge: Advance discussion and planning to redesign entry-level education for speech-language pathologists and formulate recommendations for the ASHA BOD about how comprehensive input might be obtained from a large group of stakeholders to advance entry-level education for SLPs.

Composition: Planning Subcommittee: 9 Speech-Language Pathologists representing academic administration; representing persons with a clinical doctor in SLPA and board-certified specialist; teaching and supervision experience; representative from Academic Affairs Board; research interests in child language acquisition and assessment in historically underrepresented racial ethnic minority populations; schools experience; and the 2021 VPs for SLP Practices and Standards and Ethics in SLP

Stakeholder Subcommittee: 7 members: Representatives from CAA, CAPCSD, CFCC, NSSLHA, Specialty Certification Board SLP, SIG 10, AND SIG 11.

Members:

Ann Tyler, PhD, CCC-SLP
Andrea Bertone, MS, CCC-SLP
Jennifer Friberg, PhD, CCC-SLP
Kyomi Gregory, PhD, CCC-SLP
Barbara H. Jacobson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Stacy L. Kaplan, PhD, CCC-SLP
Marnie Kershner, CScD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Sonja Pruitt-Lord, PhD, CCC-SLP
Jennifer Taps Richard, MS, CCC-SLP
Carol Dudding, PhD, CCC-SLP
Barbara Rodriguez, PhD, CCC-SLP
Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, EdD, CCC-SLP

Term: 5/7/2021–5/1/2023

BOD Liaison(s): VP for Academic Affairs in Speech-Language Pathology

Staff Liaison: Margaret Rogers (mrogers@asha.org)

Ad Hoc Committee on Bilingual Service Delivery

Charge: Determine proficiency needed across modalities for service delivery in languages other than spoken English, confirm additional knowledge and skills needed to provide services to bilingual individuals, and evaluate potential mechanisms and consequences of verifying language proficiency and additional knowledge and skills for bilingual service delivery.

Composition: 10 Members, each possessing one of the following qualifications:

Practicing ASHA-certified bilingual clinician
ASHA-certified bilingual audiologist
ASHA-certified bilingual speech-language pathologist
Native speaker of a language other than spoken English in another country
Bilingual speech-language pathology or audiology assistant with interpretation and/or translation experience
Academician from a CSD program with a bilingual emphasis track
Expert in bilingual language development

Members:

Maria Muñoz, PhD, CCC-SLP, Chair
Ishan Bhatt, PhD, CCC-A
Lena Caesar, PhD, CCC-SLP
Alvaro Castro, SLPA
KarLeung Cornell Cheung, AuD, CCC-A
Leah Fabiano-Smith, PhD, CCC-SLP
Nidhi Mahendra, PhD, CCC-SLP
Phuong Palafox, MA, CCC-SLP
Nicole Salamy, MS, CCC-SLP

Term: 10/29/2021–5/31/2023

Outcome: Ad hoc committee was rescinded via BOD 17-2021 and new Ad Hoc Committee on Bilingual Service Delivery was formed with a new charge, members, and deadline.

BOD Liaison(s): VP for Planning

Staff Liaison: Vicki Deal-Williams (vdealwilliams@asha.org)