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Description

This course introduces the ASHA Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) Skills Inventory as a tool that SLPs can use to identify and communicate with SLPAs about clinical strengths and opportunities for growth. Routine reflection using the Skills Inventory can support collaborative planning between the SLPA and supervising SLP. Together, they can cultivate excellence in their clinical service delivery. The course will introduce the tool and illustrate its use through case studies.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Describe methods to observe and rate SLPA skills using the ASHA SLPA Skills Inventory
• Utilize strategies to collaborate with SLPA supervisees to identify professional strengths and opportunities for growth
• Design a plan with SLPA supervisees to develop their clinical skills based on observations

Presenter Information

Jennifer Schultz, MA, CCC-SLP, is the Director of the online Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) Program at Mitchell Technical College in Mitchell, South Dakota. She is passionate about educating SLPA students and supporting SLPs who partner with SLPAs. She believes that the strongest SLP-SLPA partnerships are founded on open communication and mutual appreciation of each person’s strengths, needs, and styles. Jennifer’s clinical experience includes 9 years as an SLP in health care, providing communication, cognitive, and swallowing assessment and treatment services, and 12 years in education, providing services to individuals across the age spectrum from infants to young adults with a variety of communication and cognitive challenges. Jennifer is passionate about educating SLPs, SLPAs, and other professionals about SLPA practice, supervision, ethics, and language and literacy assessment and intervention. She frequently presents at state and national conferences and offers recorded webinars on these and other topics. Jennifer is the author of the Skill-Based Assessment of Core Communication Standards for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5. She twice served as the President of the South Dakota Speech-Language Hearing Association and has been an active ASHA volunteer, serving on ASHA Convention planning topic committees, the Committee on Nominations and Elections, the ASHA Advisory Council, and several Assistants Certification Program workgroups.

Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
• Salary from Mitchell Technical College
• Royalties from Dynamic Resources for publications
• Royalties from MedBridge and Northern Speech Services for webinars
• Member of ASHA and volunteer for Assistants Certification Workgroups
• Member of and volunteer for SDSLHA 

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

Content origination date: July 1, 2025
End date: July 1, 2030

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

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