This webinar will explore how clinical educators in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) programs can implement inclusive, effective, and appropriate accommodations for graduate students with disabilities. The speakers will address the legal framework for accommodations, key principles of inclusivity, and effective use of campus disability support services. The webinar will highlight case examples to explore viable options for implementing specific accommodations in clinical education.

Learning Outcomes  
You will be able to:

• Implement appropriate accommodations in clinical education for CSD students
• Discuss Office of Civil Rights (OCR) case investigations of university approaches to disability accommodations
• Describe effective use of disability support services on campus

Related Courses

This is one of three courses in the ASHA Audiology 2025: ASHA Certification Maintenance Topics webinar series. See all the courses in this series.

Presenter Information

Victoria A. Bartunek, MA (she/her/ella) earned her Master’s degree at Ball State University and Bachelor’s degree at San Francisco State University. Victoria has dedicated her professional career to supporting individuals with disabilities in various sectors. She has worked with students with disabilities in K-12, community college, 4-year institutions, and at Oregon DHS supporting Oregonians with disabilities. She currently acts as the Director of Accessibility and Accommodations at Pacific University, supporting students, faculty, and staff.

Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

Elaine Mormer, PhD, CCC-A (she/her/hers) is professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Education in the University of Pittsburgh CSD Department. She served as director of Audiology Clinical Education for over 25 years. Dr. Mormer teaches CSD students in the classroom and clinic, including a course on evidence-based clinical instruction. She has provided continuing education programs on clinical education at national and international venues. She was a 2019 co-recipient of the Provost’s Innovation in Education Award and the 2020 American Academy of Audiology Outstanding Educator Awardee.

Disclosures:

• Paid employee at the University of Pittsburgh
• Volunteer service on the Council for Clinical Certification
• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation

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 and submit the learning assessment by 11:59 p.m. ET on the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar date: July 24, 2025  
End date: July 26, 2030

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area). 
Subject code 7030  
Counts toward PD requirement for ASHA certification maintenance for Content Area 2. Read more about professional development requirements for certification maintenance.

This course can count toward the PD requirement for ASHA certification maintenance for Supervision instead. Note: You can count a portion of this course (e.g., 30 minutes, 1 hour, etc.) toward the Content Area 2 requirement and the remaining time toward the Supervision requirement OR you can count the full 2 hours toward the Supervision requirement. (You cannot count the same 30-min or 1-hour block of time toward both requirements.)