Disrupting, Dismantling & Designing Communication Sciences: Feelings, Fire and Fuel

This kick-off session for the July SLP Summit will establish the tone and tenor of the online conference—change is necessary, and this is how we compassionately engage. Utilizing two decades of experience supporting school districts and new qualitative research related to Overwhelmed School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP), Phuong will utilize the 60 minutes to invest in an advocacy framework to support the invisible load of speech-language therapists within their respective settings. The course, embedded in humanity anchors, will address methodologies for others’ understanding of SLP roles and responsibilities, culturally responsive agency and, ultimately, maximizing communication outcomes in ways that align with our professional duties and personal, humanly needs.

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LIVE 3pm ET Monday 7/22/24

The field of communication sciences is evolving. Impacted by increased workload, changing societal ideologies and amplified advocacy, speech-language therapists carry a heavy load. Invested in humanity anchors, Phuong will move you through a framework to bend our work toward communication rights, life-work harmony and justice. You will leave this session reflecting, refueled and re-engaged in your meaningful work.

Presenters

Phuong Lien Palafox
M.S., CCC-SLP
Phương Liên Palafox (she/her) is a Vietnamese-Chinese multilingual speech-language therapist, author and communication activist. She has been within and alongside school districts for the last two decades. Currently, her time is spent empowering clients and their families in her clinic, and she provides keynotes and trainings for school districts and organizations internationally. With a foundation of evidence-based, human-centered practices, she invests in Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Practices, Narrative-Based Interventions and Advocacy for Educators and Service Providers. She is the author of The Heartbeat of Speech-Language Pathology and Buoy, a children’s book about her family’s refugee journey. Attendees leave her presentations and storytelling feeling validated, refueled and re-engaged in their already-impactful, meaningful work.

Learning Objectives

Identify and describe pain points and needs within communication sciences.
Describe and explain a framework to disrupt and redesign current systems within communication sciences.
Describe current outcomes of advocacy within communication sciences.

Agenda

5 minutes	Current needs of school-based SLPs
5 minutes	What impacts the rate of change?
40 minutes	Advocacy Framework
10 minutes	Current outcomes of advocacy

Disclosures

Financial Disclosures:	Phuong Lien Palafox receives royalties for Buoy, her children's book. She does not receive royalties for all remaining resources mentioned in the course.
Non-Financial Disclosures:	Phuong Lien Palafox has no non-financial relationships to disclose.
Content Disclosures:	Phuong Lien Palafox has no additional content information to disclose.
In-Kind Donations:	This course is being sponsored by SLP Toolkit and SLP Now.

ASHA

This course is offered for .1 ASHA CEUs, Introductory Level, Professional Area