ASHA–PAHO Collaboration Publications and Presentations

Publications

• Pittman, R. and Waterston, L. (2024, January). How Association Initiatives Can Help Advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Published in the American Society of Association Executives magazine, ASAENOW.
• Gorman, B. Publication in Perspectives “Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in Ibero-America: Training, Developments, Challenges, and Opportunities." 
• In 2020, PAHO published “Rehabilitation Considerations during COVID-19 Outbreak.” Two (2) ASHA members were invited to review and make recommendations to the document. See https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52035.
• Waterston, L., Duttine, A., Roman, R., & Caesar, L. (2018, December). The ASHA–PAHO Partnership: Progress, future plans and connecting to WHO rehabilitation 2030. Perspectives on Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders, 3, 60–68.
• Martinez, S., Rosa-Lugo, L., Weddington, G., Waterston, L. and Vazquez, A. (2018). Forging International Collaborations for Sustainable Projects: The ASHA/PAHO Project, eHearsay: Journal of the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSLHA), Vol. 8, Issue 1, 4–11.
• Schuermann, L., Martinez, S., Weddington, G., & Rosa-Lugo, L. (2015). ASHA–PAHO Collaboration: Addressing Communication Disorders Across Three Countries. SIG 17 Perspectives on Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders, October 2015, Vol. 5, 56–66.
• Schuermann, L., Martinez, S., Weddington, G., & Rosa-Lugo, L. (2014). Strengthening relationship between the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). SIG 17 Perspectives on Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders, September 2014, Vol. 4, 75–78.

The ASHA Leader Articles

• Mercer, E. (2017, March). The Birth of the Professions in Guyana. The ASHA Leader, 22, 40–42. 
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2016, May). ASHA’s Strategic Pathway and You: Focus on Objective 7. The ASHA Leader, 21, 58–59.

Presentations

• Pittman, R. and Waterston, L. (2023, August). Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals Through Association Initiatives. Presented at the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Annual Meeting, Atlanta.
• Martinez, S., Rosa-Lugo, L., Waterston, L. and Weddington, G. (2023, August). Enhancing International Engagement – A Ten-Year Initiative. Presented at the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) Congress, New Zealand.
• Waterston, L. (2023, June). The ASHA-PAHO Collaboration. Presented at the Dialogue on Diversity Conference, Washington, DC.
• Rosa-Lugo, L. & Waterston, L. ASHA-PAHO Collaboration presentation in the Ibero-American Congress of Speech-Language Pathology, organized by the University of Santa Paula, Costa Rica (virtual), 2022. 
• Presentation of 1 session and 1 poster on the ASHA-PAHO collaboration at the ASHA Convention in New Orleans, 2022.
  • Nurse, K., Sivasankar, P., Epstein, L. and Waterston, L. Session: “The International Activities of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association” 
• Two ASHA-PAHO sessions at the ASHA Convention, 2021:
  • Weddington, G. “ASHA-PAHO Collaboration: Guyana - Volunteer Instructors Share Their Experiences”
  • “Advocacy & Capacity Building for Global Equity: The ASHA-PAHO Collaboration in Ecuador”
• Rosa-Lugo, L., Weddington, G., and Waterston, L. ASHA-PAHO collaboration session at SASLHA-ASHA Virtual Conference, November 2020.
• Roman, R. & Caesar, L. (2019, November). The ASHA–PAHO Collaboration: Building Capacity & Sustainability in Communication Disorders in Paraguay and Belize. Presented at the ASHA Convention, Orlando.
• Weddington, G. (2019, November). The ASHA–PAHO Guyana Evidence of Success: First Graduates Speak Out. Presented at the ASHA Convention, Orlando.
• Flynn, T., Flynn, P., McNeilly, L., & Waterston, L. (2019. November). Imagine More Global Engagement through ASHA’s International Issues Board. Presented at the ASHA Convention, Orlando.
• Duttine, A. (2019, November). WHO Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for Action. Presented at the ASHA Convention, Orlando.
• Waterston, L. (2019, October). The ASHA–PAHO Collaboration. Video presentation at the XXVII Brazilian Congress of Speech-Language Pathology, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• Martinez, S., Rosa-Lugo, L., & Roman, R. (2019, October). Online chat "The ASHA-PAHO Initiative." Sponsored by the Special Interest Group 17, Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders.
• Martinez, S., Rosa-Lugo, L., Weddington, G., Roman, R., Vasquez, A., & Waterston, L. (2018, November). The ASHA–PAHO collaboration: ASHA members building capacity and sustainability in communication disorders across four countries. Presented at the ASHA Convention, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Martinez, S., Rosa-Lugo, L., Weddington, G., Roman, R., Vasquez, A., & Waterston, L. (July 2017). Un Modelo de Cooperación Internacional: La Colaboración ASHA-OPS en Centro y Sud América [PDF]. Presented at the III Congreso Internacional de Terapia dle Lenguaje, San José, Costa Rica.
• Weddington, G., Kleindienst, S., Wiley, P., Lindsay, K., Colin, L., Mercer, E., Comer, K., & Telford, S. ASHA–PAHO Collaboration: Road Toward Sustainability. 2016 ASHA Convention (November 2016). Presentation at the Annual ASHA Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Martinez, S., Rosa-Lugo, L., Weddington, G., Vazquez, A., & Waterston, L. (August 2016). A Model of International Cooperation: The ASHA–PAHO Partnership in Central and South America. Presented at the IALP Congress in Dublin, Ireland.
• Martinez, S., Rosa-Lugo, L., Weddington, G., & Waterston, L. (April 2016). American Speech-Language-Hearing Association ASHA/PAHO Collaboration: Building Capacity in Three Countries [PDF]. Presented at the NBASLH in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
• Schuermann L., Weddington, G., Wickham, C., Martinez, S., Enriquez, R., & Rosa-Lugo, L. (November 2014). An International Perspective on the Care & Treatment of People with Disabilities: ASHA–PAHO Collaboration. Presented at the Annual ASHA Convention in Orlando, Florida. 

Poster Presentations

• Martinez, S., Roman, R., Rosa-Lugo,L., Waterston, L., & Weddington, G. (November 2016). Collaboration Between ASHA & PAHO/WHO. Poster showcased at the ASHA Convention International Lounge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Martinez, S. & Waterston, L. (May 2015). Education Development in Latin America through ASHA–PAHO Collaboration. Poster presented at the 9th European CPLOL Congress, Florence, Italy.
• Marinez, S., Rosa-Lugo, L., Waterston, L., & Weddington,G. (October 2015). American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)/Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Collaboration: Addressing Country Priorities in Capacity Building in Central and South America. Poster presented at the Coalition for Global Hearing Health Conference, Washington, DC.

Convention Sessions

Two ASHA-PAHO collaboration sessions at the ASHA Convention in Boston, 2023:

• Epstein, L., Sivasankar, P. and Waterston, L. Did you know that ASHA has an International Presence?
• Brown, K., Bruno, E., Gorman, B., Green, K, Waterston, L. and Weddington, G. Celebrating 10 years of ASHA-PAHO Capacity Building Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Resources in Spanish

The ad hoc committee on El Salvador compiled a comprehensive educational resource package in Spanish [PDF] as a sustainable tool for training personnel in rehabilitation.