Anna Maria College has extended the timetable so that the Class of 2025 can continue to complete their music degrees at the College. This means that the Classes of 2023, 2024 and 2025 are all eligible to graduate from Anna Maria College with music degrees. On Friday, June 10, Anna Maria College informed the 21 students in its three music majors (Music, Music Education, and Music Therapy) of our intention to discontinue these programs at the end of the 2023-24 Academic Year. The announcement comes after a lengthy examination of music’s future viability as an academic major with recent years of declining music enrollment.

It is always a bittersweet moment when someone retires from a school district. Those in education often meet hundreds of children during their service to our communities. That is hundreds of lives that may have been shaped or moved by a singular person. This year many WEA members are retiring. Twenty-four people from Wayne’s educational staff are retiring this year! Some are retiring with over 30 years of teaching experience. Here are just some of those retirees reflecting on their years of service.

The Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program, housed in the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, is entering the second semester of its first year, having opened in Fall 2021. The program leverages the Keck School of Medicine’s resources as a premiere medical school in the nation’s second largest city to train a new generation of speech-language pathologists. The MS-SLP program consists of 69 units, which are taught over two years/six semesters. Additionally, students are required to acquire 400 clinical hours, take comprehensive examinations, and present a capstone project. Although it is only in its first year, USC’s setting and offerings provide an extraordinary opportunity to build a top-ranked speech-language pathology program.

Speech therapy is not one thing. There are different types of speech therapy, each of which involves approaches and techniques that are specific to the issue that needs addressing. That could be related to speech itself—e.g., therapy for people who stutter—or it could relate to problems with memory swallowing, and more. A speech-language pathologist (SLP), often just called a speech therapist, will perform assessments to determine which type(s) of speech therapy is right for you.

Emerson’s online Master of Science (MS) in Communication Disorders prepares students to address an array of communicative challenges their clients may face across their life spans.

The Okaloosa County School District received an A+ rating in the statewide school assessment for the 2021-22 school year. OCSD is one of 14 school districts to earn the top rating for the year. The Department of Education released results for English Language Arts Grades 4-10, Mathematics Grades 3-8, Science Grades 5 and 8, and End-of-Course exams in Algebra, Geometry, Biology, US History, and middle school Civics on July 7, 2022.

The Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) program, housed in the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, is entering the second semester of its first year, having opened in Fall 2021. The program leverages the Keck School of Medicine’s resources as a premiere medical school in the nation’s second largest city to train a new generation of speech-language pathologists.

Dozens of studies over the past year have shown alarming drops in the percentage of students meeting reading benchmarks at the beginning of the current school year, particularly among grades K–2, where 50% or more of students are already behind on foundational literacy skills. The learning loss in math is similarly significant and persistent, those same studies show.

Educator attitudes towards inclusive education impact its success. Attitudes differ depending on the SEN cohort, and so the current systematic review is the first to focus solely on students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Seven databases searched yielded 13 relevant articles.

The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act now requires the completion of continuing education in the area of ethics. This one hour requirement must be met starting with the 2019 renewal cycle.
In response to this requirement, ISHA has produced a one hour video designed to highlight principles and strategies necessary to make ethical decisions. Presenters apply ASHA Code Of Ethics and a decision making model to navigate four c. Resources and support to facilitate resolving ethical dilemmas is provided.