WE HAVE LOTS OF EVENTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW! PLEASE CHECK OUR FACEBOOK PAGE REGULARLY :)
View our Prezi from the Meeting HERE
Announcements
- Service
- Letters to Capitol School: Email with assigned students has been sent!
- Fundraisers
- Bake Sale on November 8th in front of BMC!
- bringing a baked good or working the booth will count for a point!
- Camus Candy for Austin Speech Labs on November 19th, 4-9pm
- Socials
- NSSLHA Tailgate - THIS SATURDAY! November 2nd @ 11AM
- UT is playing Kansas
- Tailgate will be in front of the Bullock Museum! Hillary will post a map on Facebook.
- Miscellaneous Point Opportunities (for more info see Facebook event for each)
- National Stuttering Association Open House on November 4th, 7-9pm; CPE 2.208
- PIZZA will be provided!
- RSVP!!!!!!!!! TO ryanmcdermott86@gmail.com
- sign in with Hayden for your point
- Dr. Liu's Seminar on Speech Perception on November 1st (THIS FRIDAY) at 4pm; ETC 4.150
- Talk on "How Language Experience Changes our Speech Perception"
- Sign in with Sarah outside the room afterwards to receive your point.
- (If you can't find me, text me at the phone number I posted in the Facebook event for this :) )
- T-SHIRTS ARE HERE!!!! HERE'S WHEN TO PICK THEM UP THIS WEEK (Belo Leadership Suite)
- Wednesday, Oct. 29th (Tomorow) - 9-11am (Sarah); 12-1pm (Lindsey)
- Thursday - 9-11am (Ashley); 2-3:30pm (Robyn)
- Friday - 1-3pm (Hayden)
- More times will be announced later :)
Guest Speaker!
Kathy Clapsaddle
Research & Development VP for TSHA (Texas Speech and Hearing Association)
- What is TSHA? [A 100% VOLUNTEER-RUN ORGANIZATION!]
- state equivalent of ASHA
- professional organization that advocates for SLPs, AUDs, CSD students and their clients
- also helps provide information to clients who use our services
- their website (under construction) will become a major resource for professionals, students, and families [ www.txsha.org ]
- Role of TSHA
- has many vice presidencies
- audiology (new!)
- educational & scientific affairs (they plan the conventions)
- professional services (will support you based on what setting you work in)
- public information & marketing (to recruit people!)
- research & development
- social & governmental policy (our advocates with the legislature)
- has 2 STUDENT representatives!
- Annual Convention! [NSSLHA goes to this!]
- Feb 27th - March 1st in Houston
- more info will be given in November
- 4,000-5,000 people attend every year!
- Keynote speaker: Dr. Brene Brown - research professor from University of Houston
- has done TED Talks and been on Oprah!
- Students can VOLUNTEER AT CONVENTION!
- TSHA political action committee (PAC)
- registration
- shoppe TSHA
- job placement - TSHA offers free job placement services for SLPs!!!
- voter voice
- exhibit hall breaks
- Convention Activities
- University Day
- meet & greet
- tailgate challenge
- PRAXIS Bowl - TSHA jeopardy (come represent UT!)
- Courses for students!
- look for the 101 courses in the brochure (ex: how to get your license, how to do job interviews)
- topic courses (ex: What do I do with my client in the clinic with autism?)
- Student Legislative Active Committee (SLAC)
- representatives from each university
- form a taskforce
- great so that one person from each school is informed about legislative issues that affect us!
- What's special about TSHA vs. ASHA conventions?
- TSHA focuses on clinical application!
- ASHA focuses on research
- LOAN REIMBURSEMENT ISSUE:
- we have a shortage of SLPs! especially in the schools
- however, schools aren't able to pay SLPs as well as clinics
- the loan reimbursement program has passed!!!
- application process will start in Spring 2014
- NSSLHA and TSHA
- how to get involved
- host/organize may is better hearing and speech month
- distribute copies of Matt Learns to Read to:
- daycare centers
- head start centers
- TSH Foundation - non-profit arm of TSHA
- 19 scholarships!
- 4 research grants!
- 2 service awards!
- all annually!
- www.tshfoundation.org
- Top 10 reasons to join TSHA
- continuing education (you have to start getting 20 hours per license renewal period once you finish your clinical fellowship year!)
- public info & marketing
- conventions
- job postings (on the TSHA website)
- university day
- TSHA's publications
- Communicologist (magazine/newsletter)
- TEJAS archived journal
- Matt Learns to Read books
- legislative voice
- TSHA is OUR voice at the Capitol!
- PRAXIS bowl
- 17 TX universities compete for a title!
- professional issues
- TSHA has many task forces and committees focusing on issues that affect you!
- NETWORKING!!!!
- Membership (annual - Join in January!!!)
- $25 student membership
- $30 student convention registration fee (sign up at txsha.org)
- benefits
- discounts on your professional membership
- I will make Kathy's powerpoint available as soon as I get it. It had lots of great contact info for how to get involved!