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LSHA
Special
Preview of LSHA Newsletter
Spring 2009
Now
more than ever, continued support of, and participation in, our state
association is important as our profession continues to face ongoing challenges
and changes. ASHA is working at the national level on issues critical to
our profession, such as managed care and Medicare reimbursement, implementation
of IDEA reauthorization, the AUD, marketing and public awareness, and the use of
support personnel. Meanwhile, speech-language pathologists and audiologists
within Louisiana need local representation and action to provide high quality
services to consumers as effectively as possible.
Membership in LSHA demonstrates
your endorsement of the organization's Code of
Ethics, and offers opportunities for networking with other speech language
pathologists and audiologists in the State of Louisiana.
Benefits of Membership:
- Statewide Annual Convention (members attend at a reduced
convention fee) and access to
excellent continuing education opportunities (ASHA CEU sponsored activities)
- Full-time lobbyist monitoring key legislation
- Office with full-time administrative staff to
answer member questions
- LSHA Newsletter containing organization
information and feature articles
- LSHA Website with
up to date information, links, job listings, discussion
forum and Members Only Site
- Recognition of individuals for distinguished
contributions to the field, through the annual LSHA Honors & Awards
- An organizational structure that monitors
every aspect of the field
Categories of Membership:
Full Member:
- Persons who have a
Master's degree or equivalent in speech-language
pathology and/or audiology
- Voting Privileges
- Only Full Members
are allowed to serve on the LSHA Board of
Directors
Full
Member/First-Year Graduate:
- Persons applying
for full membership during the first year after
graduation from a Master's program
(LSHA is very proud of our recently adopted "Gift to
the Graduate". The "Gift to the Graduate" consists of
free LSHA membership upon completion of a master's
degree program. For May and August graduates, the
free membership is for the remainder of the calendar
year in which graduation occurs. December graduates
are entitled to free LSHA membership for the calendar
year following graduation. To take advantage of this,
all a student has to do is complete a
LSHA membership form
indicating the date of graduation and the degree.)
Associate Member:
- Persons who are
employed in and /or present evidence of interest in the
field of communication disorders and/or sciences but do
not meet the requirements of a Full Member or Student
Member
- No Voting
Privileges
Student Member:
- Persons who
present evidence of current full-time matriculation in a
graduate or undergraduate program in speech-language
pathology, audiology or speech and hearing science, and
who are not eligible for Full Membership
- No Voting
Privileges
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