Clinical Exam 1 Flashcards
What is ASHA’s vision?
Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all.
What does ASHA stand for?
the american speech and hearing association
ASHA policies
Political advocacy
Networking
Continuing education
Multicultural initiatives
Research
Technical assistance
Referral service
Employment service
What is AAA?
American Academy of Audiology
What is AAA’s purpose?
The active membership of more than 12,000 is dedicated to providing quality hearing care services through professional development, education, research, and increased public awareness of hearing and balance disorders fostering excellence in professional practice, and advocating for members and those they serve.
What does Ethics mean?
The moral and/or civil codes of conduct for a particular person, situation, community, religious group, organization or society.
How are personal ethics formed?
Through upbringing, acculturation, life
experiences, personal choices, and education.
What does professional ethics establish?
The right and wrong actions in serving clients in the workplace.
What is ASHA’s code of ethics?
Each organization above has its own code of ethics that
includes tangible expectations that define acceptable
conduct and conscientious judgment in the practice of
speech-language pathology and audiology.
What does a professional code of ethics provide?
a common set of core values when confronted with ethical dilemmas in the workplace.
For ASHA and AAA, who do the codes apply to?
The people providing the service.
Anybody who certified through them.
Anyone who got a membership through them.
Common core principles shared by AAA and ASHA.
- The Principle of Safeguarding Client Welfare
- The Principle of Competence
- The Principle of Acting without a Conflict of Interest
- The Principle of Acting without Misrepresentation
- Ethical Practice within Professional Supervision and
Instruction - Ethical Behavior within Professional Relationships
What is EBP?
Evidence-based practice
Basic Research
Adds knowledge about a fundamental process (e.g., how toddlers develop language).
Applied Research
Addresses the impact of intervention approaches; how a specific intervention improves a specific skill in a certain subset of individuals (ex: using Hodson’s Cycles Approach for children with phonological process disorders).