Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHA) is the statewide professional organization for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, parents/caregivers, support personnel, and students.
Posted: Feb 07 2019 2:39 PM
Available in sizes S, M, L, XL, 2XL, and 3XL. Ready for pick-up at the conference.
Posted: Oct 29 2018 1:43 PM
Barbara Jacobson, PhD, CCC-SLP is the ASHA Vice President for Standards & Ethics in Speech-Language Pathology. She will present an unopposed presentation on Ethics during our 2019 Conference. MSHA is aware that Standard VIII will require one hour of Ethics education for certification maintenance starting in 2020.
Posted: Oct 15 2018 12:12 PM
The Healthcare Committee of the Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association took a stand against a policy of United Health Care. The result was a reversal of policy.United Health Care, a managed care company administrating Medicaid funds in Mississippi, adopted a narrow definition of “medical necessity.” The result was denial of speech and hearing services to almost all children ages 0-21
Posted: Aug 17 2018 3:37 PM
The Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association committee for audiology is excited to announce a new link for audiology best-practice statements on the MSHA website. The audiology committee is committed to upholding best practices in the field of audiology for all clients. In so doing, we are working diligently to create best practice statements and upload these on the MSHA
Posted: Jun 13 2018 5:39 PM
From: http://www.thedabblingspeechie.com/ 1. Organize your digital materials, so you can easily access them in a session. Create YouTube playlists for certain types of videos that you use most often. Organize your no print or PDFs that you like to use digitally on your iPad by folders in your Google drive. 2. Make copies of all those IEP forms, checklists, health and developmental forms,
Posted: Jul 17 2019 6:00 PM
Today, H.R. 2781, which incorporates the text from H.R. 3637 as Section 5, passed the full E&C Committee. The legislation would provide grants to audiology and speech-language pathology programs to fund:
Scholarships and stipends to eligible people, including for degree completion or preparatory coursework.
Efforts to increase the retention of students in such programs.
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Posted: Jul 15 2019 8:00 PM
A hospital-based sppech-language pathologist convinced her hosptal to fund her idea to use video images collected during swallow studies as an educational app for for other SLPs.
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Posted: Jul 12 2019 3:30 PM
Miles Forma really doesn’t like when people think he is stupid because he’s unable to talk. “I’ve had many experiences in my life where people assumed because I am a…
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Posted: Jul 10 2019 8:00 PM
It’s a Monday morning in New Haven Public Schools. Every Monday, my speech sessions kick off with one of my kindergarten students. Every week with this student is a new adventure.
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Posted: Jul 08 2019 8:30 PM
Katharine Gorell Butler, 1978 and 1996 ASHA president, died on June 17, 2019, at age 94, in Monterey, California.
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