tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post5804941965104742844..comments2024-02-12T00:54:29.708-08:00Comments on Provost Blog: May WAS Better Hearing and Speech Month Alex Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02560156661940063595noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post-61564599023070174862013-06-26T17:24:08.778-07:002013-06-26T17:24:08.778-07:00Nancy, your comment is such a great statement and ...Nancy, your comment is such a great statement and means so much coming from a valued nursing colleague. Alex Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560156661940063595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post-6796550603925264722013-06-26T17:23:50.132-07:002013-06-26T17:23:50.132-07:00Nancy, your comment is such a great statement and ...Nancy, your comment is such a great statement and means so much coming from a valued nursing colleague. Alex Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560156661940063595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post-37521160230445775572013-06-26T07:02:41.675-07:002013-06-26T07:02:41.675-07:00As a pediatric provider who regularly saw children...As a pediatric provider who regularly saw children 5 and under being refused for community-based speech service reimbursement through private 3rd party payers with the reason, "Speech is not essential to children," I think you describe a multilevel issue. There is ignorance of the importance of communication at all ages, the relative invisibility of aphasia say compared to limb loss, and the reluctance to pour financial resources into an issue that is poorly understood and affects people who cannot speak to advocate aggressively for themselves. When people can't speak for themselves across disabilities, it leaves them especially vulnerable. <br />I am continually struck at the wonderful work done here with this clinic and the PT clinics. Giving hope to people is a really special gift.<br />Nancy TerresAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post-26202301166345878652013-06-19T18:24:54.275-07:002013-06-19T18:24:54.275-07:00Linda, You are so great to comment! Thank you. Y...Linda, You are so great to comment! Thank you. Your question is a complicated one of course and I think many of your suggested reasons are important to consider. I think that we in SLP have to take some responsibility for not advocating strongly enough about primary communication issues. I also think that we have not been as effective as we need to be in addressing financial issues (i.e. reducing costs). Other systemic issues are the low priority that people with disabilities have within the health care system in general. I wonder if we see some more responses from some SLP colleagues.....Alex Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560156661940063595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post-33124417277295040832013-06-19T18:21:27.947-07:002013-06-19T18:21:27.947-07:00Bonnie, Your thoughts are so valuable and so impor...Bonnie, Your thoughts are so valuable and so important. I hope that our new IMPACT curriculum and other efforts will further equip our grads for advocacy in the way that you describe. There are some wonderful leaders about schools advocacy-Barbara Ehren, Maureen Staskowski, Nicki Nelson--all come to mind. Maybe we should think about an advocacy conference for school based SLPs! Alex Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560156661940063595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post-40885417005487899372013-06-17T07:31:06.222-07:002013-06-17T07:31:06.222-07:00Dear Alex,
Thank you for your inspiring blog entry...Dear Alex,<br />Thank you for your inspiring blog entry. Your comments about the educational setting resonated with me in particular. More often than we would like, SLPs in schools continue to be undervalued in terms of the breadth of their knowledge, and the contributions they can make. With the implementation of the Common Core, and revised versions of No Child Left Behind currently before Congress, the ground is certainly shifting. I think big roadblock are the limited modes of service delivery that are deeply engrained in school systems, including how Individual Education Plans are formatted. The CSD grads from The Institute leave with a broad view of their role in the schools, and the critical thinking and collaborative skills needed to make change. However, educating ourselves as professionals and our students in effective advocacy skills and strategies is something we could give more thought. Bonnie HalvorsonBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15832277949987969584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post-89080530240507312002013-06-15T10:18:29.394-07:002013-06-15T10:18:29.394-07:00Thank you Alex for this thought provoking blog. I ...Thank you Alex for this thought provoking blog. I would love to hear more from you and my colleagues in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders about why this is so. Tell me more...is it system based,lack of progress with the science, financial, ignorance, cultural? Linda EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723986228200039846.post-91982867931221762342013-06-12T13:21:31.083-07:002013-06-12T13:21:31.083-07:00Beautiful sentiments Alex. Lesley MaxwellBeautiful sentiments Alex. Lesley MaxwellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com