OCSLHA

Oakland County Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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CEU's & ASHA

Earn State Board CEU's by attending Oakland Schools professional development programs. State Board CEU's can be used toward renewal of the Michigan Teaching Certificate.  Most Professional Learning opportunities at Oakland Schools offer SB-CEUs. 

The American Speech Language Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Certification Maintenance Standards require that all certificate holders (CCC-A and CCC-SLP) must accumulate 30 Certificate Maintenance Hours (CMHs) of professional development during each 3-year certification maintenance interval in order to maintain their ASHA Certificates of Clinical Competence (CCC).  Most Professional Learning opportunities at Oakland Schools can be used towards CMHs.  According to ASHA, activities will generally be accepted if you determine that they contribute to your professional development and will lead to acquiring and enhancing skills and knowledge required for independent practice. Some examples include:

bullet teacher-oriented content that is not related to the professions but enhances your ability to better serve your clients;
bullet employer-sponsored in-service activities such as Grand Rounds, special education workshops (i.e., Americans with Disabilities Act requirements), formal training sessions sponsored by manufacturers on equipment used in the evaluation or treatment of your clients, and professional activities (i.e., professional ethics, diversity issues, reimbursement issues);
bullet other continuing education activities such as state association workshops, and seminars offered through other professional associations like those offered for continuing medical education (CME) units, university scientific symposia, and formal online, non-credit courses offered through a university (i.e., autism, literacy, neurological disorders, genetics, and ethics);
bullet College or university course work at any level—undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral—offered by regionally accredited programs (can be via distance learning) in any area that meets the definition of professional development (i.e., foreign languages needed to communicate with the population you work with, early childhood development, autism, literacy, neurological disorders, genetics, ethics).

Click on the following items to download and print information and record forms.

Questions?  Best contact person is Carol Williams at ASHA: 800-498-2071, ext. 4240 or email: cwilliams@asha.org. 
or: Diane Katakowski at diane.katakowski@oakland.k12.mi.us, 248-209-2042

Click on the links below to visit the ASHA website pages pertaining to Continuing Education

 

A Workload Analysis Approach for Establishing Speech-Language Caseload Standards in the Schools: ASHA Guidelines
pdf version

How does caseload relate to workload?
Education agencies and professionals need to make a conceptual shift from “caseload” as an arbitrary maximum number to consideration of the total workload activities required and performed by school-based SLPs.

Examples and Worksheets for a Workload Analysis Approach

Tip: Search "workload" at ASHA.org for more info.
 

Online ASHA newsletter for school based SLP's: Access-Schools

News from the ASHA Leader Online available by clicking here.

Students: Find information about careers, accredited academic programs, financial aid, the Praxis exam and more by clicking here.
 

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