NSSLHA
What does NSSLHA stand for?
National Student Speech Language Hearing Association
How many events is a legislative advocacy committee head responsible for?
Responsible for hosting at least one event each semester related to Legislative advocacy. (Two events in this category needed to reach Gold chapter honors).
What does ASHA stand for?
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Communication Sciences and Disorders
What is the name of the exam needed to earn your CCC-SLP after graduation?
Praxis Exam
How often are our meetings held?
Biweekly/Once a month
What is legislative advocacy geared towards?
Educating the public, policymakers, and stakeholders
What do SLPs not work with?
A. Fitting hearing aids
B. Head and Neck Cancer
C. Swallowing
D. Balance
A. Fitting hearing aids- That's for Audiologists
What is the smallest meaningful unit of language?
Morpheme
What does CFY stand for?
Clinical Fellowship Year
What was the organization we worked with for our Valentine's day card making?
Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
What is an example (we gave one last time) for a potential legislative advocacy event?
Handing out munchkins at lion's den.. basically talking to people and having them sign petitions!
What does EBP stand for?
Evidence Based Practice
How many observation hours do you need before starting clinic in your 4th year?
25 hours
What do the Professors call the first week of grad school?
Boot Camp
How many NSSLHA members are there nationally?
A) 5,300
B) 8,700
C) 11,400
D) 15,200
C) 11,400
Department of Education's proposed definition of professional degree programs?
It places limits on federal student loans for graduate degrees including audiology and speech-language pathology programs capping graduate loans at 100,000 instead of 200,000.
What year was ASHA founded?
(Will accept any guess within 5 years)
1914
what's another name for the Adam's apple?
Laryngeal Prominence
How many supervised clinical hours do you need before graduation?
400
List the first names of all of the NSSLHA officers.
Brianna, Sasha, Claire, Victoria
How do you get involved with legislative advocacy and NSSLHA?
Learn about current issues impacting the professions, contact your legislators and government officials, and tell them your story.
List the different SLP work settings.
schools, private practice, in-patient, out-patient, skilled nursing facility, acute care, NICU, ENT, etc.
How old is Emerson's CSD department?
80+ years
What does CCC-SLP stand for?
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology