ASHA Professional Development Appeals
Policy
To earn ASHA CEUs or professional development hours (PDHs) and to receive a session report/certificate of completion, participants must report their sessions and/or complete the learning assessment (exam or open-ended self-assessment question) online by the published date. If you need a record of the sessions you attended or courses you completed—or think you may need a record in the future—you must report for credit or complete the learning assessment by the published deadline.
The reporting/completion deadline for earning continuing education credit for ASHA Professional Development events and courses is clearly published for each individual program.
- In-person events: The reporting deadline is clearly published on the event webpage and/or in printed materials.
- Online conferences: The reporting deadline is clearly published on the event webpage and in the conference site.
- Other online courses: The end date is clearly published as part of the course decription page in the ASHA Learning Center and ASHA Store.
If you do not complete the learning assessment and/or report your attendance by the reporting deadline/end date and have extenuating circumstances, you may choose to initiate an appeal, for which there may be a non-refundable $50 processing fee. You may also choose to submit an appeal if you need to make a change to submitted credits after the reporting deadline/end date.
The Continuing Education Board and/or Scientific and Professional Education Board adjudicate appeals individually, and there is no guarantee they will grant an appeal in all cases. To avoid the expense and uncertainty of an appeal, it is essential for participants to report their session attendance and/or complete the learning assessment by the published deadline.
Per ASHA's Scientific and Professional Education Board, as of March 1, 2020, ASHA Professional Development can accept appeals only for extenuating circumstances and only for 12 months from the published end date for the program. After the 12-month period has ended, ASHA Professional Development can no longer accept appeals.
For information about submitting an appeal, or if you have questions, contact us at ashaprofdev@asha.org.
