Are you a Texas-based Speech-Language Pathologist?
PediaStaff loves Texas and can’t wait to meet you at the 57th Annual TSHA Convention and Exhibition! This year it’s in Dallas from Thursday, March 7-March 9th at the Dallas Convention Center.
We will be at Booth #313 and will have Toobaloos (of course) while supplies last! Come meet our entire Texas team to hear what PediaStaff can do for your pediatric or school based speech-language pathology career in Texas.
To Learn More or Register – Visit TSHA.org!
Dear Fellow Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists,
I am writing to let you know about the CLASP International Book Drive being held at TSHA convention March 7-9. Please forward this information to all of the speech-language pathologists and audiologists on your team.
What is CLASP?
CLASP International (EIN 27-1520021) is a 501c3 organization that is invested in training professionals in developing countries to work with children and adults with disabilities.
Mission:
CLASP (Connective Link Among Special needs Programs) International is a nonprofit healthcare and social service organization that seeks to improve the lives of children and adults with disabilities in developing countries.
Goal:
CLASP International accomplishes this by providing formalized disability training to resident professionals in those countries, ultimately seeking to establish self-sustaining programs.
Vision:
Through these rehabilitation programs, CLASP International is a voice for the voiceless, delivering hope to the lives of children and adults living with disabilities.
In a country such as Zambia, the same size of Texas, there is currently one trained speech-language pathologist in the entire country. In Texas, we have over 10,000. Therefore, CLASP International, with the help of over 150 volunteer professionals, is launching formalized training programs at the University of Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia in March of 2013. The graduates will receive a Masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Zambia. Following their graduation, they will be required to follow the guidelines formed by CLASP International under the Ministry of Health for Speech-Language Pathology.
How Can You Help?
CLASP needs textbooks for our graduate students. Please look over the book list below and consider making a book donation. You can conveniently drop off your donations at TSHA. Just stop by the CLASP International booth. Donations can also be mailed to:
CLASP International
3419 Westminster #319
Dallas, TX 75205
Do You Have Any of These Books?
Here is a list of current book needs. Please note that donation laws prevent books/materials from being donated that have been purchased with government funds.
1. Introduction to Communication Disorders: A Lifespan Evidence-Based Perspective, 4/E, Owens, Metz, & Farinella, 2011
2. Clinical Methods and Practicum in Speech- Language Pathology, 5/E, Hedge & Davis 2010
3. Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology: A Resource Manual, 4/E, Shipley & McAfee, 2009
4. Applied Anatomy and Physiology for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Fuller, Pimentel, & Peregoy, 2011
5. Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders, 7/E, Brookshire, 2007
6. Language Development: An Introduction, 8/E, Owens, 2012
7. The Development of Language, 7/E, Gleason & Ratner, 2008
8. Later Language Development: School-Age Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults, 3/E, Nippold, 2007
9. Guide to Narrative Language: Procedures for Assessment by Hughes, McGillivray, & Schmidek 1997
10. Pre-Feeding Skills: A Comprehensive Resource for Mealtime Development, Morris and Klein, 2000
11. Evaluating and Enhancing Children’s Phonological Systems: Research and Theory to Practice, Hodson, 2010
12. Articulation and Phonological Disorders, 7/E, Bernthal, Bankson, & Flipsen, 2009
13. Treating Articulation and Phonological Disorders in Children, 8/E, Ruscello, 2008
14. Clinical Management of Articulatory and Phonologic Disorders, 3/E, Gordon-Brannan & Weiss
15. Introduction to Audiology, 11/E, Martin & Clark, 2012
16. Pediatric Audiology: Diagnosis, Technology and Management, Flexer & Madel, 2008
17. Children with Hearing Loss: Developing Listening and Talking Birth to Six, 2/E, Cole & Flexer
18. Language Disorders: A Functional Approach to Assessment and Intervention, 5/E, Owens, 2010
19. Understanding Dyslexia and the Reading Process: A Guide for Educators and Parents, Sanders, 2001
Questions? Need More Information?
Check out CLASP International online at http://claspinternational.org/
Shannon Benton M.S. CCC SLP
Executive Director
214-417-0337
shannonbenton@claspinternational.org