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Professional Issues in Speech-Language...
Interesting Web Links
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- ASHA Code of Ethics
The index page for ASHA’s online materials on ethical practice is found here. On this page you can access a pdf version of ASHA’s Code of Ethics, roundtable discussions regarding ethical questions, information, a list of members of ASHA’s Board of Ethics, and many helpful links to other websites related to ethics.
- UB Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
This website contains a link to a section on Bioethics Law and a library of online journal articles about ethics. It also presents discussions on featured topics in ethics. The site is searchable.
- Ethics in Medicine
This University of Washington School of Medicine link is an excerpt from the text Clinical Ethics (New York: McGraw-Hill,1998). This excerpt gives a cogent example of a procedure for making ethical decisions in clinical cases based on the factors of
- Medical indications
- Patient preferences
- Quality of life
- Contextual features
- Frequently Asked Questions: Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
This page on ASHA’s website poses and answers many questions related to types of communication disorders paraprofessionals, including guidelines for employment, responsibilities, and supervision. It also presents a detailed description of the recommended SLPA registration and training process.
- The National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals
This page contains bibliographic links to many articles and papers related to policies and practice with paraprofessionals, including speech-language personnel.
- Learning Disabilities Use of Paraprofessionals
From the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, this is a detailed description of training, use, and advantages of the use of paraprofessionals for children with learning disabilities.
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