Educational Committee for Speech Language Pathology
Chair
Fernanda Dreux Fernandes (Brazil)
Committee Members
Victor Acosta (Spain)
Dobrinka Georgieva (Bulgaria)
Hortencia Kayser (USA)
Lindy McAllister (Australia)
Sharynne McLeod (Australia)
Lemmietta McNeilly (USA)
Masae Shiroma (Japan)
Brian Shulman (USA)
Hin-Hsing Tseng
Thomaz Woznick (Poland)
Hilde Chantrain (Belgium) Consultant
Lilly Cheng Li-Rong (USA) Consultant
Matti Lehtihalmes (Finland) Consultant
Purposes
The Ed Committee aims at collecting data of education programs all over the world. It aims at assisting developing countries in providing guidelines for education programs. It facilitates discussions in all continents and it collaborates with international education entitities and ASHA.
Recent Achievements
1. Presentations at past congresses.
2. Completion of a list of programs in the world.
3. Publication of two special issues.
4. Publication of Education guidelines.
5. Publication of topical articles.
Current Topics of Discussion
Cross-border issues, leveling the playing fields, EU, English as a common language.
International challanges
Different languages, different continents, different stages of development, different economic statuses, different legislation.
Products/forms/books
Two special issues of Folia.
Future plans
Presenting at the 2013 Congress.
Working with ASHA.
Working with Education Committee of Phoniatrics on issues of exchanges.
Revising existing education guidelines.
Person to contact
Fernanda Dreux Fernandes (Brazil)
