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We’re excited to announce a free virtual summer seminar focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This on-demand session will be available from June 2–30, giving you the flexibility to watch at your convenience while ensuring you meet your ASHA DEI continuing education requirements.

What to Expect:

✔ Two DEI presentations to choose from

✔ Flexibility to watch on your schedule

✔ Free access for members and those who attended our convention

✔ Fulfills ASHA’s DEI education requirement

We are currently finalizing details with ASHA and our speakers. Once confirmed, we will send a follow-up email with registration information.

We appreciate your participation and look forward to bringing you this important content.

Please see below for more details. 


Session Descriptions

Working with LGBTQIA+ Clients and Colleagues

Inclusive and affirming practices are essential in speech-language pathology to ensure equitable care for LGBTQIA+ clients and supportive environments for colleagues. This course will provide an overview of key LGBTQIA+ terminology, emphasizing the significance of language in fostering respect and understanding. Participants will explore challenges LGBTQIA+ individuals face in healthcare and educational settings, particularly barriers affecting assessment, treatment, and prevention. Additionally, the session will examine the role of intersecting identities in shaping client-clinician relationships, workplace dynamics, and mentorship experiences. Attendees will gain practical strategies to create affirming spaces that enhance communication, trust, and professional collaboration.

Learner objectives 

Working with LGBTQIA+ Clients and Colleagues

As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to:

  1. Define and describe acronyms and terms that are currently accepted within the LGBTQIA+ community and why the language used carries weight and meaning in the practice of Speech Pathology and/or Audiology.
  2. Identify challenges that LGBTQIA+ individuals face within healthcare/educational settings that create unique barriers to the assessment, treatment, and prevention of various disorders/diseases encountered in the practice Speech Pathology and/or Audiology.
  3. Describe how intersecting identities impact individuals, which also impact client-clinician rapport, workplace relationships, and mentor-mentee experiences in the field of Speech Pathology and Audiology.

Speaker Bios

 

Working with LGBTQIA+ Clients and Colleagues

Gregory J. Spray, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor at Auburn University. He previously      served two terms as President of the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is currently serving as the Past-President of the Council of State Speech-Language-Hearing Association Presidents (CSAP). Dr. Spray conducts research in the area of ADHD and stuttering and has served on the SHAA Minority Affairs Committee since 2023.
   

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