Live broadcast (one-time viewing only): Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern time

Last chance to sign up: October 29, 2025, Noon, Eastern time

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Description:

This course is an opportunity to ask questions to the four presenters from the on-demand course Practical and Ethical Integration of AI: Empowering the School-Based SLP. Presenters will answer your questions on incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) tools for lesson planning, data collection, workload management, and more. Have questions on considerations for using AI? This is your chance to get answers from SLPs who are using these tools effectively in schools.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Summarize at least two new ideas, strategies, and/or perspectives you gained from the discussion 
• Describe at least one insight from the discussion that you can share with others in your school

Presenter Information

Sarah Bishop, MA, CCC-SLP (she/they) is a school-based speech-language pathologist based in San Diego, California. She is the President-Elect of the California Speech Hearing Association (CSHA). Sarah has over 10 years of experience working across all grade levels in public schools. She is a member of her school union’s collective bargaining team and is also a school site union representative. In addition to her school-based work, Sarah runs a small private practice where she provides in-home early intervention speech therapy. Sarah holds a bachelor's degree in art history from the University of California, Irvine, and a master's degree in speech-language pathology from San Diego State University.

Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
• Fallbrook Union Elementary School District employee
• Bishop Speech Therapy employee
• California Speech-Hearing Association (CSHA) President-Elect
• ASHA Asian Pacific Islander Speech-Language-Hearing Caucus (APISLH Caucus) member

MariBeth Plankers, MS, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is a speech-language pathologist and assistive technology consultant. She is a service provider in the areas of augmentative and alternative communication, autism spectrum disorder, reading and written language, Universal Design for Learning, and assistive technology. MariBeth is a national presenter for the Bureau of Education and Research. She is currently a consultant with the Minnesota Department of Education. MariBeth has worked in the public school setting as a speech-language pathologist, autism spectrum educational consultant, and assistive technology professional. Over the past 11 years, MariBeth taught at Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) in the areas of augmentative and alternative communication, social cognition, assistive technology (AT), and telehealth. At the university, MariBeth served as the Director for the Regional Assistive Technology Center. Operating under a federal grant, MariBeth conducted AT assessments and interventions for Minnesota residents as a clinical supervisor at MSUM. MariBeth loves her time on the Minnesota waters and being with her family!

Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

Kellyn Hall, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is a clinician, researcher, and author with over 30 years of experience working in a variety of medical settings. She is currently a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at North Carolina Central University, where she teaches medical speech-language pathology courses. Her recent published works have focused on culturally responsive practices in dysphagia management and how to work more effectively and collectively toward racial, social, and health equity in our field. She is CO-PI on a FRAP grant to investigate AI's potential to revolutionize student learning and educational practices.

Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
• Employed at NCCU 
• CO-PI on FRAP grant on AI and student learning

Leslie W. Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Her research interests include medical speech pathology, specifically related to adult neurogenics and the influences of cultural background, as well as higher education. She has scholarly activity and clinical work in a variety of settings and populations, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, dysphagia, artificial airway, ethical considerations, and best practices for SLPs when using AI.

Disclosures:

• Salary from NCCU 
• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
• CO-PI on FRAP grant on AI and student learning
• Royalties from CE modules with NSS and CSP
• Member of ASHA, NBASLH, NCSHLA
• VP Membership and ASHA CEA for NCSHLA

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by 11:59 p.m. ET on October 31, 2025.

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar: October 29, 2025
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern time

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).