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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 1–30, giving you the flexibility to watch at your convenience while ensuring you meet your ASHA DEI continuing education requirements. What to Expect:
We appreciate your participation and look forward to bringing you this important content. Satisfactory completion of this course includes attendance and completion of the learner assessment. |
One DEI presentations to choose fromTitle Culturally responsive assessment practices for speech and hearing professionals Session Descriptions Speech and hearing professionals strive to implement best practices when serving clients, including consideration of individual needs and related family and community contexts. Understanding and implementation of a health beliefs model is one way to address the wide range of ideas about health and disease among and within cultural groups. Concrete tools are needed when evaluating clients from nonmainstream backgrounds. Individualized and family-based assessments include culturally sensitive interviewing, do’s and don’ts of skilled work with interpreters, and valid modifications and additions to business-as-usual use of standardized tests. Learner objectives As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to: 1. Describe three models that address what our clients think or know about their health in order to better support clients’ participation in the assessment and treatment activities. 2. Outline best practices for working with interpreters. 3. Explain at least two adaptations to common assessment procedures that can be effective for nonmainstream clients. Speaker Bio |
| Brenda L. Beverly, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a Professor at the University of South Alabama (USA). She joined the faculty at USA in 1998. Brenda’s teaching and research focus on language development, variation, and disorders in the pediatric population, from infancy to adolescence. Brenda is a co-founder of USA’s Autism, Pediatric Language & Literacy (APLL) Lab, where members are developing and implementing innovative projects including interactive shared reading interventions and a community-based early literacy program. During her 40 years as an SLP, Brenda has developed knowledge and skills to assess and treat patients from ethnically and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including teaching an undergraduate course in culturally responsive practices for allied health students. |
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