F07RS SGB No. 11 (Lamotte)

A BILL To allocate Five Hundred Dollars ($500) to Ashley Lamotte to help defray the costs of attending the American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention in Boston, Massachusetts

F07RS SGB No. 12 (Laporte)

A BILL To allocate Five Hundred Dollars ($500) to Trista Laporte to help defray the costs of attending the American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention in Boston, Massachusetts

Alumnus Honored by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Tommie Robinson Jr. recognized for contributions to communication sciences and disorder

Classroom acoustics and intervention strategies to enhance the learning environment

The classroom environment can be an acoustically difficult atmosphere for students to learn effectively, sometimes due in part to poor acoustical properties. Noise and reverberation have a substantial influence on room acoustics and subsequently intelligibility of speech. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA, 1995) developed minimal standards for noise and reverberation in a classroom for the purpose of providing an adequate listening environment. A lack of adherence to these standards may have undesirable consequences, which may lead to poor academic performance. The purpose of this capstone project is to develop a protocol to measure the acoustical properties of reverberation time and noise levels in elementary classrooms and present the educators with strategies to improve the learning environment. Noise level and reverberation will be measured and recorded in seven, unoccupied third grade classrooms in Lincoln Parish in North Louisiana. The recordings will occur at six specific distances in the classroom to simulate teacher and student positions. The recordings will be compared to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association standards for noise and reverberation. If discrepancies are observed, the primary investigator will serve as an auditory consultant for the school and educators to recommend remediation and intervention strategies to improve these acoustical properties. The hypothesis of the study is that the classroom acoustical properties of noise and reverberation will exceed the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association standards; therefore, the auditory consultant will provide strategies to improve those acoustical properties

Fall 2019 Travel Award Winner

Anna Saylor was a WIS Travel Award Recipient where she received $500 for travel to the Academy of Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) Conference and the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference where she presented her research on supportive reading comprehension strategies for people with aphasia.https://dsc.duq.edu/wis-travelaward/1003/thumbnail.jp

Action: School Services - Respondent #2, Judy Montgomery, Phd, Ccc-Slp, Associate Professor, Chapman University

Presents news briefs related to school health services in the United States, as of April 2000. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association\u27s establishment of a professional issues forum on its Web site; Educational opportunities for disabled children resulting from the reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act; Documents developed by ASHA as a result of an ASHA 1999 Priority Issue

Using Simulation and Critical Thinking in Speech-Language Pathology: A University Case Study

Abstract Education is changing. Virtual learning is now a common occurrence. Along with this change, more and more virtual learning tools are being used in the educational setting. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has recognized this change and has modified certification standards to include clinical simulation experiences in graduate speech-language training programs. Along with this modification, critical thinking skills are an expected goal, not only in face-to-face experiences, but also in simulation experiences. Educators need to meet this expectation to ensure that future speech-language pathologists are fully prepared to make sound decisions within the clinical setting. Educators may benefit from the following suggestions in regards to the use of critical thinking skills within a clinical simulation experience