Transition from AzEIP to Preschool: Best Practices Save the Date: Tuesday, April 23, from 5:00 – pm-5:45 pm Please join us for a virtual Early Childhood Town Hall on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 from 5:00 – 5:45 pm. Come learn best practices of transitioning children from early intervention to preschool! We will go over timelines,
Several positions for the ArSHA Board for the upcoming 2024 – 2025 Board Year (running July 1st to June 30th) are to be determined this month, with elections closing on April 2nd. Positions to be opened with those running for election are listed below. These are positions for voting members of the executive board, but
All graduate and undergraduate SLHS students welcome! Date/Time: March 26, 2024 6:30-8PM Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/661492409?pwd=cEhCdjBuVGJUSUYzMVg2MEQOcitqQT09 RSVP: https://forms.gle/7xLdEdGr2NRq2TFP8
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM This event is free to all who want to participate. Please follow this link to the ArSHA website to register https://www.arsha.org/membership-form/#/event-registration/happy-hour-1115. A Zoom meeting link will be emailed to you prior to the event. For more information, please contact the ArSHA Office at arsha@arsha.org
Save the Date: Tuesday, January 30, from 5:00 – pm-5:45 pm! What: “Arizona’s Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)” Please join us for the first virtual Early Childhood Town Hall of 2024 on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 from 5:00 – 5:45 pm. This event will focus on the Arizona’s Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) and more. Guest speakers
ArSHA’s AAC Committee invites you to a virtual Happy Hour on Thursday, October 19, 2023, from 6:30-7:30 pm Click here to RSVP!
Do you have questions about AAC? As the ArSHA AAC Committee, in collaboration with the Schools Committee, we have created a “Questions from the School-Based SLP” graphic for you! Please share it with your SLP friends and email the AAC committee with questions at questions@arsha.org. Thank you! Click here to download printable graphic. Questions from
Join us on Thursday, September 28th from 6-7 PM on Zoom. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to experience the POWER of membership in ArSHA! We will learn about the benefits of becoming an ArSHA member, chat with other speech-language-hearing professionals through whole group activities and breakout rooms, and raffle off some great prizes!
Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 5:00 – 5:45pm Cost: Free Please join us for the first of four Virtual Early Childhood Town Hall series on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 4:00 – 5:45 pm. Part 1 will focus on the SLPs role working within the Preschool setting and will discuss Child Find, categories of
Rui Hernandez, MA, CCC-SLP
It is crucial to capitalize on the home language foundations of our AAC users to facilitate dual language development. We know this leads to access and engagement in ALL environments. By incorporating the home language into intervention planning, family buy-in increases. This is critical to AAC intervention to avoid isolation at home and in cultural communities. Supporting bilingual families can be challenging particularly when there is a provider-client language mismatch. SLPs need to be creative in using available resources to meet the AAC user’s needs. This article includes resources to for SLPs and parents to support bilingual AAC users and their language development journey.
