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By Martha S. Burns
October 29, 2020
There is a major concern among clinicians working with children who exhibit cognitive and communication issues that the current educational and therapeutic restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic may decrease in therapeutic outcomes. The American…
By Lesley Sylvan
September 29, 2020
During the 2020-2021 school year and for school years to come, educators and professionals in schools will need to work harder than ever before to help students catch up from the lost learning opportunities. They will also need to work collectively to…
By Kerry Danahy Ebert & Giang Pham
August 31, 2020
Speech-language pathologists and other communication professionals often perceive children and adults who speak more than one language to be a challenging population to serve. Yet in many parts of the world, speaking more than one language is the norm.…
By Elissa Kilduff and Lydia Kopel
July 31, 2020
Another school year is looming and it’s fair to say that all of us school-based SLPs are facing it with a new normal and many unknowns. There is one thing we know for sure, though. We will be reviewing IEPs—present levels, goals and objectives, service…
By Audrey Holland
June 29, 2020
But 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the appearance in the ASHA Leader of this game-changing article entitled the “Life Participation Approach to Aphasia: A Statement of Values.” As most everyone in the “aphasia world” knows, the LPAA statement was…