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This webinar is for audiologists and SLPs who are currently supervising—or planning to supervise—students, clinical fellows, or other professionals, as well as for supervisees. The speaker reviews relevant parts of the ASHA Code of Ethics that directly relate to supervision, discusses common ethical dilemmas that can arise during the supervision process, and walks through a critical-thinking process to address these dilemmas. You will walk away with tools to recognize and address ethical situations involving supervision and strengthen the ethical decision-making skills of the individuals you supervise.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Explain how the ASHA Code of Ethics addresses supervision
• Discuss common ethical dilemmas involving supervision
• Give an example of a critical-thinking process to address an ethical dilemma
• Develop plans to engage supervisees in critical-thinking processes about ethical dilemmas
• Identify avenues of support when contemplating an ethical dilemma

Ethics Professional Development Requirement*

This course can count toward the ASHA certification maintenance professional development requirement for Ethics. (If you participate in the ASHA CE Registry, it will automatically appear on your transcript; if you are not part of the Registry, you can manually report on your compliance form.) See more courses that count toward this requirement or read more about professional development requirements for certification maintenance.

Supervision Professional Development Requirement*

This course can count toward the ASHA certification maintenance professional development requirement for Supervision. (You must manually report that you are counting this course toward this requirement on your compliance form regardless of whether you participate in the ASHA CE Registry or not.) See more courses that count toward this requirement or read more about professional development requirements for certification maintenance.

*Note: You can count a portion of this course (e.g., 30 minutes, 1 hour, etc.) toward the Ethics 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.)

Presenter Information

Kia Noelle Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is Director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research – Atlanta Satellite, a clinical research institute with the mission to change the world for people who stutter. Dr. Johnson is an ASHA board-certified and state-licensed speech-language pathologist with expertise in stuttering, with a focus on culturally diverse communities. Aside from teaching, Dr. Johnson conducts and presents her peer-reviewed research at local, national, and international conferences and has first-authored and co-authored many scholarly publications. She is a recognized leader in the provision and facilitation of seminars and training workshops on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), implicit bias, and cultural responsiveness in clinical and professional settings. She has mentored countless students within the professions, with a particular interest in mentoring underrepresented students. She has voluntarily served the professions as a member of the ASHA Board of Directors, National Advisor to the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, and the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing Board of Directors as Immediate Past Chair. She currently serves on the ASHA Board of Ethics and Scientific and Professional Education Board as well as the NIH-National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council.

Financial Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation 
• Salaried employee of the University of Texas at Austin

Nonfinancial Disclosures:

• ASHA Board of Ethics member 
• ASHA SPEB member
• ASHA 2025 Convention Planning Committee Co-Chair 
• Past member of the ASHA Board of Directors

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 the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar date: December 11, 2024
End date: December 13, 2029

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Related area).