ASHA Schools Virtual Town Halls

Registration is now open for the last event in the 2024 virtual town hall series:

• December 11, 2024 – “Ensuring Equity: Unpacking Disproportionality in Speech-Language Services” Register now!

2024 Virtual Town Halls

The ASHA School Services in Speech-Language Pathology team is hosting a free virtual town hall series of five events during 2024. Select the images below to learn more and listen to the recordings. 

ASHA also hosted a joint virtual Town Hall with the National Education Association (NEA) titled “Partnering with Teacher Unions to Improve Working Conditions for Schools” on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, from 7–8:30 PM EST. Learn more and listen to the recording.

2021 Virtual Town Hall: Strategies to Address Workload

The 2021 Virtual Town Hall: Strategies to Address Workload was held on October 27, 2021. Watch the video, view the slides [PDF], and see all workload resources [PDF].

2020 Virtual Town Hall: Service Delivery During COVID-19

The 2020 ASHA Schools Virtual Town Hall was held April 13, 2020. Watch a video of the Town Hall. 

2019 Virtual Town Hall: Attract, Prepare, and Retain School-Based SLPs

The 2019 ASHA Schools Virtual Town Hall featured a moderator and panel to address the need to expand the school-based SLP workforce. The panel presented innovative strategies and solutions to attract, prepare, and retain school-based SLPs. 

View the town hall slides [PDF] and listen to the recordings:

• Overview
• Panelist Intro
• Attract
• Prepare
• Retain

2018 Virtual Town Hall: Issues Faced by School-Based Members

The 2018 ASHA Schools Virtual Town Hall meeting was held on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, and discussed a number of longstanding issues:

• Diminishing school funding and accompanying personnel shortages
• High caseloads
• Excessive paperwork and documentation
• Limited ability to vary service-delivery methods

The town hall slides are available [PDF] and the recordings of the town hall are below:

• Town Hall Overview
• Panelist Introductions
• Town Hall Structure
• School Funding
• Caseload/Workload
• Paperwork/Documentation
• Service Delivery
• Conclusion

If you have a question about ASHA Schools virtual town halls, please contact the Schools Services team at schools@asha.org.