With this report, we take the first step in exposing the key issues in professional practice and within the professional community relating to anti-racism, equality, diversity and inclusion.

Nov 18, 2024 · Rooted in Black Language, the authors introduce the “culture flex” as a practice of engaging in social justice work. Social justice is necessary to carry out the vision of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: effective communication as an accessible, achievable human right for all.

Feb 21, 2022 · At the height of racial reckoning following the brutal killing of George Floyd in May 2020, many Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) programmes in the US and UK vowed to eradicate racism and made commitments to social and racial justice, as did wider academia.

Mar 10, 2022 · ASHAWire Special Collections are curated selections of significant research and resources from the publications of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. See All Special Collections

The aim is to shift speech–language therapy practice everywhere away from medical models that focus on individuals and impairments towards greater engagement with social models that prioritise communities and contextual factors of disability.

Keywords: Equity, Speech-language therapy, Audiology, Scoping review, Protocol, Emerging professional practices. Background. Human communication across all modalities (written, gestural, verbal, visual) connect people to each other and helps us convey meaning, experiences and information for socialising, learning and working.

Mar 10, 2023 · For the professions of audiology and speech-language therapy (A/SLT), there continues be a dire need for more equitable services. Therefore there is a need to develop emerging practices which have a specific focus on equity as a driving force in shifting practices.

This course will focus on the concept of equity from a historic perspective with examples of unjust and just treatment of students and discuss how SLPs can promote a solid foundation of language and literacy skills.

The research areas given as options to be rated were: Meeting the needs of a diverse speech and language therapy service user population; clinical management of bilingual service users; Racism/anti-racism in speech and language therapy; Black, Asian and minority Ethnic SLTs; cultural awareness/competence of SLTs; religion of SLTs; SLTs with ...

Sep 20, 2024 · Explore social justice in speech-language pathology! Learn how ethics, curriculum, and infrastructure shape equitable practices in schools.