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Access Schools is dedicated to the specific needs of school-based speech-language pathologists. We hope this new bi-monthly update during the school year is informative, practical, and easy to use. Check out the information, resources, services and educational opportunities to help you succeed in the schools. ASHA ...working to keep you connected.

Headlines

• New Web Guide for Changing Local School District Policies
  Greater numbers of speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the public schools are seeking and getting higher salaries, using the workload model to reduce caseloads, reducing paperwork and advocating for incentives to better recruit and retain personnel for their local school districts. Explore this member-only multimedia resource to learn about some successes (This is a benefit of membership).
  
  
• ED Releases Exemption to 1% Rule for Students with Disabilities
  Analysis provided on the U.S. Department of Education’s recently released final regulations regarding assessment of students with significant cognitive disabilities.
  
  
• Advocacy in Action: A State Model for Change
  ASHA’s new step-by-step advocacy guide available online for state-level advocacy efforts, utilizing education-related examples, that can also be applied to local-level education issues.
  
  
• Fact Sheet on Highly Qualified Providers under NCLB
  Learn how speech-language pathologists and audiologists are impacted by the "highly qualified teachers and paraprofessionals" requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act – the second installment in a series of five new fact sheets on NCLB being developed by ASHA.
  
  
• Let Your Voice Be Heard: Register Today to Vote
  The 2004 elections can be your turn to make a difference with many state legislatures and Congress narrowly divided and predictions of another close presidential race at hand. ASHA’s 2004 Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) resources provide online voter registration forms for each state, how to apply for an absentee ballot, and information to help voters in state and national races.

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Featured Question – Cognitive Referencing

What is cognitive referencing and how does it impact school-based service delivery?

Cognitive referencing is the practice of comparing IQ scores and language scores as a factor for determining eligibility for speech-language intervention.

ASHA Members have access to the following resources for more information:

• Cognitive Referencing Professional Consultation Packet
• IDEA and Your Caseload: A Template for Eligibility and Dismissal Criteria for Students

• Exchange opinions with your colleagues…visit our Online Discussion Forums

  Not an ASHA Member? Find out about the benefits of membership enjoyed by over 115,000 Communication Sciences Disorder professionals, and consider applying today.

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Upcoming ASHA Events

Meetings, Conferences, Seminars and the 2004 ASHA Convention

• 2004 ASHA Schools Conference in Baltimore
  Join us on the Baltimore Harbor from July 9-11, 2004. This year’s focus is No Child Left Behind. You’ll also find sessions on fluency, literacy, autism, phonology, second language learners, service delivery models and more. Sign up now—last day for early bird rates is May 12!
• Current Issues in Stuttering: A Clinical Leadership Conference
  The 11th Annual Leadership Conference of ASHA Special Interest Division 4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders, July 22-24, 2004, in Portland, Oregon.
• 2004 ASHA Convention in Philadelphia – United in Science and Service
  This year's theme links the importance of evidence-based practice and using research and theory to guide clinical services. Last year’s annual convention had more than 200 school-related courses and over 300 companies exhibiting. November 18-20, 2004 (one week prior to Thanksgiving).

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Earn CEUs Over Summer Break

Live and self-study programs offered in a wide variety of formats and subject matter.

Web Workshops

• Communicative Approaches for Managing Challenging Behavior in Young Children
  May 10-22, 2004
  
• Vocabulary Selection for Children Using AAC Systems
  June 14-26, 2004
  
• Autism Spectrum Disorders: Introduction and Framework for Intervention
  September 20 - October 2, 2004

Telephone Seminars (Web-enhanced)

• Therapy Services in the Classroom: Creating Student Success
  September 14, 2004
  

Self Study

• No Child Left Behind: What it Means for SLPs
  Instant replay of a recent telephone seminar.
• The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in Facilitating Emergent Literacy Skills
  2 hour audiotape and manual. (Item #0112254)

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Get Your Best Start Next Fall - Shop Online

Use the summer to prepare for your best start to the school year next fall. Browse and buy online, or call ASHA Product Sales at 1-888-498-6699.

• A Comparison of Federal Regulations as Regarding Provision of Related Services in Schools
  This manual focuses on the content of the federal regulations of IDEA, Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act and ADA as they pertain to related service delivery in schools. (Item #0112457)
• IDEA: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Federal, State and Local Requirements
  This manual will assist related service providers in identifying and analyzing the source(s) and intentions of the IDEA requirements, understanding the responsibilities of states and localities, and identifying vehicles for advocating for change. (Item #0112458)
• Ethics and IDEA
  The new guide focuses on the ethical challenges confronting SLPs and audiologists as they implement IDEA in their school districts. (Item #0112573)
• Assistive Technology and IDEA
  This guide provides practical information on the requirements of IDEA '97 related to assistive technology services. (Item #0112574)

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Next issue of Access Schools coming in August/September 2004!

Address comments and suggestions for future topics, information or resources to mailto:AccessSchools@asha.org.

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