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HEAR YE, HEAR YE! THE WORD’S OUT … |
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Monday, 01 June 2009 |
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A professional development opportunity! The 2010 ArSHA Annual Convention will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 23-24, 2010, at the Fiesta Inn in Phoenix. Yes, the same place as this year’s convention. It’s not too early to start thinking of participating - perhaps as a presenter and an attendee. The Call for Papers announcement and Poster Session application will be posted soon. |
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2009 Silent Auction Acknowledgment |
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
The proceeds from the 2009 Silent Auction will be used to help fund our legislative efforts for 2009. Some programs and services that ArSHA is supporting right now include licensure for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs), certification changes, and ongoing activities to provide professional growth of the association.
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2009 ArSHA Child of the Year |
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
 Liam Hamm
Liam began attending the Infant Child Research Program (ICRP) at the Arizona State University (ASU) in January 2006; he was two years old at initial placement. He had an initial diagnosis of speech-language delay with deficits in auditory processing and pragmatic language skills. He had tubes placed bilaterally due to ear infections; however, hearing testing showed normal hearing bilaterally. His articulation skills are good to excellent. His receptive and expressive language skills are within normal limits according to the CELF-P: 2.
Liam has been at the ASU ICRP for three years and has made
tremendous progress through both the Toddler Playgroup and the
Preschool Program. His current goals include working on
social-emotional and pragmatic skills as well as pre-literacy skills,
such as writing and reading comprehension. Liam has moved “faster than
a speeding bullet” with his communication and pre-literacy skills. He
has become an excellent communicator and is truly a delightful child.
His personality motivates his preschool team to come to work because of
what he may say next. They are confident that in his future academic
endeavors, he will be “more powerful than a locomotive” and “able to
leap tall buildings”. |
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Supervisor Certificate---Get with the Program! |
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Monday, 18 May 2009 |
On April 28, 2008, the Arizona State Board of Education gave final approval to recommended changes in Administrative Certificates. There are three levels of Administrative Certificates in Arizona: the Supervisor Certificate, the Principal Certificate and the Superintendent Certificate. The one most directly affecting speech-language pathologists is the Supervisor Certificate. In the past, three years of teaching were required, along with a valid teaching certificate, to obtain the Supervisor Certificate. With the newly approved changes, experience as a speech-language pathologist and the speech-language pathologist certification will count toward meeting the requirements of the Supervisor Certificate. These changes will also apply to certified school psychologists and school guidance counselors, in that all of us are now certified under the category of “Other Professional Certificates.”
The new requirements to obtain a Supervisor Certificate are:
- a valid speech-language pathologist certificate in Arizona (in your case);
- a master’s or more advanced degree;
- three years experience as a school-based speech-language pathologist (or teacher);
- completion of a program in educational administration, consisting of at least 18 semester hours of coursework in educational administration, to include three hours of school law and three hours of school finance;
- a practicum in educational administration or two years verified educational administrative experience;
- a passing score on the Arizona Administrator Proficiency Assessment;
- fingerprint clearance card;
- 45 clock hours of SEI training (with 45 more within 3 years);
- Arizona Constitution (course or examination); and
- U.S. Constitution (course or examination).
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SLPA Licensure Bogged Down: Make your voice heard! |
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Saturday, 16 May 2009 |
As many of you know, due to severe budgetary concerns, Arizona’s Governor placed a moratorium on all rule making activities. While the SLPA legislation was passed in 2006, the rules were not finalized. The result of this moratorium is that no SLPA’s can be licensed in the State of Arizona, even though many have met the appropriate training and educational requirements.
April 30, 2009 Arizona Department of Health Services made an exemption request for the SLPA rules. To date, there has not been a response from the Governor’s office regarding this exemption request.
For those of you who are so inclined, below is a link to send Governor Brewer a message about the need for SLPA licensure:
Thank you,
ArSHA Executive Board
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The ArSHA Silent Auction is back! |
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 |
The incredibly famous silent auction will return to the ArSHA Annual Convention. This event will be located in the exhibit room of the Fiesta Resort in Tempe. The auction items will be on display Friday, May 1 from 7:30am until 5:00pm and again on Saturday, May 2 from 7:00am until 12:45pm. There will be over 40 items on which to bid-- surely something to please everyone.
The highest bidders may pay for and pickup their items on Saturday from 2:45pm to 4:15pm. Please bring your cash and/or checkbook, because these are the only methods of payment accepted by ArSHA. Debit and credit cards cannot be accepted. (So remember to stop off at the ATM or dig out that checkbook.)
Let the bidding begin….to support the works of our professional association.
Karen LaBrozzi,
ArSHA Public Relations Chair
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ArSHA Executive Board Election Results |
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 |
The votes have been tallied and the results are:
President: Debra Venkatesh
President-Elect- Jeffrey Meeks
Treasurer- Kari Watson
Write in candidates have been received for Publications Chair, Audiology Representative, Program Chair (2010), and Program Chair Elect. According to the ArSHA by-laws, Article VII2e, “In the case that there are no nominees for an Executive Board position and/or standing committee position, appointments shall be made by the President of the Association and accepted by majority vote of the Executive Board”.
There was a tie in vote for Membership Chair. The ArSHA by-laws state, “In the case of a tie vote for any office, the remaining members of the newly elected Executive Board shall vote by written ballot. The candidate receiving a majority of the Executive Board votes shall forthwith be declared the winner. In case of a tie in voting by the newly elected Executive Board, the current Executive Board shall vote by written ballot; the candidate receiving the majority of these votes shall forthwith be declared the winner.”
What an exciting finish! Thank you for casting your vote!
Sincerely,
Lori Taniguchi
ArSHA Past President
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In Memory of Thomas J Hixon, PhD, CCC-SLP |
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009 |
 Thomas J Hixon
After graduate school at the University of Iowa, a postdoc at Harvard,
and a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin, Tom came to the
University of Arizona in 1976. During his tenure, he wrote
approximately100 publications, including several books, the most recent
of which was published, with coauthors Drs. Jeannette Hoit and Gary
Weismer, in 2008. He was honored for his extraordinary contributions
as a journal editor with the Council of Editor's Award for Publication
Contributions to the Association by the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He was also awarded Honors of
the Association by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,
the highest recognition bestowed.
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Implementation Time-line for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
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Monday, 09 March 2009 |
| February 17, 2009 |
H.R.1, signed in to law (P.L.111-5) |
| March 6, 2009 |
U.S. Department of Education releases “Fact Sheets” on ESEA,
IDEA, and SFSF |
| March 31, 2009 |
50% of IDEA, Part B ($5.65 billion) and Section 619 ($200 million) funds
awarded to the states. At least 50% of IDEA Part C ($250 million) funds
will be made available. Governors eligible to apply for 67% of State Fiscal
Stabilization Funds (SFSF) ($32.5 billion). |
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