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 for Competency Frameworks
Charge: Recommend and review the materials for the consultants and subject-matter experts (SMEs) related to competency-based frameworks; participate in and provide direction to the SMEs, who will draft competency frameworks, and (3) recommend the competency frameworks to the ASHA BOD.
Composition: 5 ASHA-Certified Audiologists, 5 ASHA-Certified Speech-Language Pathologists
Members:
- Thomas Evans, AuD, CCC-A
- Mary Sue Fino-Szumski, PhD, MBA, CCC-A
- Julie A. Honaker, PhD, CCC-A
- Nancy McMahon, AuD, CCC-A
- Karen Muñoz, EdD, CCC-A
- LaBrita Cash-Baskett, EdD, CCC-SLP
- Dee M. Lance, PhD, CCC-SLP
- Rachel K. Powell, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
- Darius Thomas, MS, CCC-SLP
- Patrick R. Walden, PhD, CCC-SLP
Term: 3/28/2024–6/30/2025
BOD Liaison(s): VPs for Academic Affairs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Staff Liaison: Donna F. Smiley (dsmiley@asha.org)
Completed Ad Hoc Committee Reports
- Ad Hoc Committee on Leadership Strategy Final Report [PDF] (2024)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Centennial Planning ASHA 2025 Centennial Celebration Recommendations to the Board of Directors [PDF] (2024)
- Ad Hoc Committee to Plan Next Steps to Redesign Entry-Level Education for Speech-Language Pathologists [PDF] (2023)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Bilingual Service Delivery [PDF] (2023)
- Ad Hoc Committee on the Scope of Practice for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (2022)
- Ad Hoc Committee on the Scope of Practice for Audiology Assistants (2022)
- Ad Hoc Committee to Provide Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) of Ecuador Final Report [PDF] (2022)
- Ad Hoc Committee to Develop Guidance for Members and Students Engaging Globally in Clinical, Scholarly, and Other Professional Activities Final Report [PDF] (2021)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Education for Speech-Language Pathologists Final Report [PDF] (2020)
- Ad Hoc Committee to Provide Technical Support to the Ministry of Health, the Inspiration Center, and Its Partners of Belize Report [PDF] (2019)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Recognition of Advanced Non-Clinical Practice Final Report [PDF] (2019)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Language Proficiency Final Report [PDF] (2019)
- Ad Hoc Committee on the Next Generation Report [PDF] (2018)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Review Final Report [PDF] (2018)
- Ad Hoc Committee for Technical Support to National Institutions in Paraguay Final Report [PDF] (2018)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Health Reform and Alternative Payment Models Report [PDF] (2018)
- Ad Hoc Committee for Technical Support to the Instituto Salvadoreño de Rehabilitación Integral (ISRI) in El Salvador Final Report [PDF] (2015)
- Ad Hoc Committee for Technical Support to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) Final Report [PDF] (2015)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Technical Support to Ministry of Health of Guyana Final Report [PDF] (2017)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Patient-Reported Outcomes Final Report [PDF] (2015)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Strategic Planning for the Journals Program Final Report [PDF] (2015)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Supervision Training Final Report [PDF] (2016)
- Ad Hoc Committee on AuD Education Summit Final Report [PDF] (2017)
- Ad Hoc Committee on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Final Report [PDF] (2015)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Audiology Outcomes Measurement Report [PDF] (2014)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Committee, Board, Council Structure Review Final Report [PDF] (2013)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Guidelines for the Clinical Doctorate in Speech-Language Pathology Final Report [PDF] (2015)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Interprofessional Education Final Report [PDF] (2013)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Leadership Cultivation Final Report [PDF] (2013)
- Ad Hoc Committee on Supervision Final Report [PDF] (2013)
- Ad Hoc Committee on the Feasibility of Standards for the Clinical Doctorate in SLP Final Report [PDF] (2013)
- Ad Hoc Committee to Reframe SLP and Audiology Professions Final Report [PDF] (2013)
