2024 Virtual Town Hall Series: Topics in School Based Practice

School-based SLPs, you’re invited! The ASHA School Services in Speech-Language Pathology team is hosting a free virtual town hall series in 2024. The series includes five virtual events, each occurring from 7:00–8:30 p.m. ET.

Workload Management Strategies: Implementing Service Delivery Models in Schools

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | 7:00–8:30 p.m., ET

The third event in this series focuses on how to move students across the continuum of services. Panelists will provide strategies and suggestions on how to leverage the use of a variety of service delivery models and resources to assist with workload management, increase collaboration, and improve generalization of students’ skills.

Following this town hall, participants will be able to:

• Implement variety of service delivery models (i.e., group sessions, classroom-based) and scheduling (i.e., 3:1 model, A-B schedules) when providing speech-language services
• Manage workload by varying service delivery models and scheduling
• Incorporate culturally responsive practices and materials within their therapy sessions
• Utilize the consultative model to ensure generalization of skills into the classroom setting and beyond
• Integrate telepractice as a service delivery model

Participants, including SLPs, SLPAs, and CSD students, may earn 1.5 professional development hours (PDHs) for attending the live event. A certificate of attendance will be provided at the end of the live event. Participants can track and use PDHs for certification maintenance.

Accessibility needs? Other questions? Email schools@asha.org.

Register now!

The Road Ahead: Postsecondary Transition Planning for Adolescents

Join a panel of experts in a conversation to explore the role of the SLP, identify achievable goals, and gather supports and resources for successful student transition plans.

Following this town hall, participants will be able to: 

• Locate and reference IDEA '04 requirements for post-secondary transition planning.
• Develop achievable, student-centered goals for post-secondary transition. 
• Describe the role of the SLP in post-secondary transition planning.  

Participants may earn 1.5 professional development hours (PDHs) for attending the live event. A certificate of attendance will be provided at the end of the live event. Participants can track and use PDHs for certification maintenance.

Accessibility needs? Other questions? Email schools@asha.org.

Town Hall Resources

• Postsecondary Transition Planning Town Hall slides [PDF]
• Postsecondary Transition Planning infographic [PDF]
• Postsecondary Transition Planning Town Hall resources [PDF]
• Kim Murza Resources Handout [PDF]
• Phyllis Scott Examples of Interventions Handout [PDF]

Compensation Conversation—What SLPs in Schools Need to Know About Negotiating Salaries

Panelists came from school districts of all sizes across the country. They shared their experiences and ideas to accomplish goals like:

• getting a salary increase
• achieving a salary supplement or stipend
• negotiating a separate salary pay scale for SLPs
• getting reimbursed for professional certification and licensure
• earning financial support to attend relevant professional development

After attending this town hall, you’ll be able to

• identify at least two strategies to improve your compensation and benefits
• determine collaborators to make a difference in your compensation and benefits

SLPs earn 1.5 professional development hours (PDHs) for participating. Participants can use these PDHs for certification maintenance and must track them.

Questions? Email schools@asha.org.

Town Hall Resources

• Slides [PDF]
• Salary resources [PDF]
• Questions and answers from the town hall [PDF]

• October 16, 2024 – “School Safety: A Town Hall for Educational Audiologists and SLPs”
• December 11, 2024 – “Ensuring Equity: Unpacking Disproportionality in Speech-Language Services”