CSHA Quarterly Board Highlights

CSHA 

California Speech-Language-Hearing Association 

Changing Lives Through Communication 

CSHA Quarterly Board Highlights 

STATEWIDE CIRCULATION 5,000 www.csha.org Vol. 42 No. 4 July 2013 

President’s Message 

REPORT FROM: June 21-22, 2013 

CSHA Board Meeting 

Anne Delfosse, M.S., CCC-SLP 

CSHA President 

One of the highlights of the June board meetings 

is always the presentation, discussion, and approval of 

the budget. This year, it was no different; however, 

the fiscal committee met the day prior to the board 

meeting. In order to make the work of this committee 

happen with efficiency, thoroughness, and attention 

to detail, a lot of preparation work had to be done 

behind the scene. Gratitude goes to the following for 

completing a lion’s share of the work up front: District 

Directors for submitting timely budgets, Beth Nishida, 

outgoing Treasurer and Commissioner on Association 

Services and Linda Pippert, current CSHA Treasurer, 

Ken Flatting, CSHA Accountant/Consultant, and most 

of all to the CSHA office staff, Kim, Heather, and 

Barbra without whom the committee may have taken 

days to sort, review, and develop a proposed budget. 

The budget presented to the board was unanimously 

approved. 

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By way of brief review, the 2013 CSHA convention 

was held at the beautiful Long Beach Convention Center. 

I thanked everyone who made the CSHA 2013 Annual 

Convention such a wonderful, memorable event. Barbra 

O’Hara, Heather McGuire, Kimberly Swenson, Ben 

Viernes, Diane Blevins, Darlene Hopkins, Darla Hagge 

and Candace Vickers spent countless hours planning 

and organizing the convention programs and events, 

as well as overseeing the operations at the convention. 

The hard work of all involved, including the positive 

responsiveness of the attendees, presenters and the 

exhibitors, made this convention a huge success. The 

CSHA Operations, Social and Program Chairs and 

various committees worked countless hours to make 

this convention a success. In addition, I again, thanked 

the CSHA Office Staff for all of their hard work 

addressing the various needs of the convention. As 

the work of organizing a convention of this magnitude 

would be daunting to most, appreciation is the least we 

can afford. 

Finally, I thanked Dr. Paul Rau, ASHA Past 

President, who was our keynote speaker at our Opening 

Session as well as at various other events during the 

convention. 

Looking forward to the 2014 CSHA convention, 

we have a very talented team of volunteers making 

up our operations, program, and social committees. 

The chairs of these committees (Charlene Rau and 

Lindsey Jessup- Operations; Dan Phillips-Social; 

Nancy Robinson and Laura Epstein-Program) along 

with myself, the President-Elect, Dr. Debra Swain, the 

Commissioner on Professional Development, Kathy 

Little, CSHA Administrative Director, Barbra O’Hara, 

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and Administrative Assistant, Heather McGuire will 

be meeting in August to complete the Hilton San 

Francisco Union Square walk through and planning 

session. We have a lot of amazing program options to 

consider and review. More details will be forthcoming 

at the September Board Meeting. 

I reported that on April 26th, the California 

Association of Health Plans (CAHP) hosted a 

conference call with the DMHC (Department of 

Managed Health Care) regarding SB 946. CSHA and 

ASHA had many representatives on the call, including 

myself. It was a unique opportunity to be invited to the 

table in order to begin to be part of the discussion and 

share input regarding current assessment measures, 

identification of specific diagnosis, identification 

of criteria for treatment, and discussion of what is 

considered medically necessary in the absence of illness 

or injury, the independent medical review process, and 

transition from non-plan providers. 

I have also been working with CSHA advocate, 

William Barnaby, to provide comment to the 

Administrative Support and Regulation Adoption Unit 

of the California Department of Education regarding 

the Title 5 Code of Regulations relative to language 

supporting eligibility criteria as well as differentiating 

the term aide from assistant. 

As part of the agenda for this first board meeting 

of my presidency, I felt that it was important to begin 

a series of trainings for the board. We will be facing 

significant change, as Barbra O’Hara, CSHA’s one 

constant through the past 30 years, will be retiring in 

May. It is imperative that we usher in this transition 

through a system that is sustainable and reliable. 

Therefore, the board members each took time to review 

the Bylaws and Standing Rules of the organization. 

Each one of us reviewed our role on the board and 

what that meant relative to the flow of information and 

how our work is related to members as well as each 

other. After some study and discussion, each board 

member shared one or two activities that they would 

complete before the next board meeting. In doing this, 

we affirmed that we are all working to serve the goals 

and needs of the organization. 

I shared the following as focused goal areas for the 

organization: 

• Continue to focus on increasing membership 

• Continue building leadership capacity for the 

future of our organization 


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• Address concerns and timely issues relating to 

“encroachment” through building capacity for 

teamwork and interagency collaboration 

• Board Training; specific and ongoing; referring 

to updated bylaws and standing rules 

• Update the CSHA website, making it more 

serviceable and user friendly. 

• Evaluate and update CSHA Strategic Plan 

• Put the “H” back in CSHA… (Or amplify it to a 

more discernible threshold) 

• Hiring, reorganization, and transitioning CSHA 

office staff 

The CSHA board, in light of our goals, as well 

as structured input from the District Directors and 

Commissioners, will be working to update and build 

a new strategic plan by January of 2014. We will 

continue the process of training as an element of each 

board meeting. 

The CSHA board is a working body. Each 

individual on the board serves as either an elected or 

appointed volunteer leader. Through our discussion at 

this meeting it was clear that our commitment to each 

other is to make this work meaningful to the members. 

We recognize our responsibility as well as our privilege 

to serve. We also acknowledged the vast majority of 

CSHA volunteers who are not board members, who, 

by their devoted contribution to this organization as 

well as the profession, are building capacity through 

their leadership. I expressed amazement at the work of 

CSHA standing committees, and look forward to their 

continued contribution and enlightened conversations. 

I had a meeting with the new Editor-in-Chief, 

Nicole Godfrey in May, and immediately following our 

meeting, she began work to get the summer edition of 

the CSHA magazine out. The theme of this magazine is 

teamwork, following the lead of ASHA in highlighting 

inter-professional education and practice. 

Lastly, as part of this report to the members, I 

would like to express my sincere gratitude to Heather 

McGuire who filled in at this meeting for Barbra 

O’Hara at the last minute. Our sympathy and heart 

felt concern and care goes out to Barbra as her mother 

passed away the day prior to the board meeting. There 

was simply no way she would be able to participate 


with us at this meeting. What was one brief second 

of panic for me, though, was quickly alleviated. We 

experienced no loss of support or teamwork as Heather 

stepped up quickly and without reservation to provide 

the CSHA office report and respond to the needs of the 

board members. This certainly was a testament to the 

efficiency and collaboration that goes on behind the 

scenes in the CSHA office. 

Enjoy the summer months. Safe travels! Keep 

Changing Lives through Communication! 

Anne Delfosse, MS, CCC-SLP 

CSHA President 2013-2015 

DISTRICT NEWS 

DISTRICT NEWS 

District 1 Director • Ellen Pritchard Dodge 

Katherine Staniszewski, Director-Elect 

a great way to become involved. We meet three times 

a year in person and most duties can be done without 

attending meetings. 

New Positions 

Welcome to Katie Staniszwski our new Director- 

Elect. 

Again, congratulations to Dr. Deborah Swain our 

new President Elect. She is a role model in leadership 

and volunteering and makes it easy for all to feel 

they can do something with CSHA that will make a 

difference! 

CEU Workshop 

Featuring sought after APP trainer, Dan Phillips. 

Saturday, October 19th Dan will be presenting 

his advance APP course at SFSU. Please look for 

registration flyer in the near future or contact your 

Director or Director Elect for more information. 

Awards 

We are currently seeking nomination suggestions 

for both District and State Awards. Please send all 

suggestions to your Director Elect. 

Get Active 

We are seeking to fill Liaison Positions on our 

Advisory Committee. 

Legislation, Professional Services, Association 

Services, Publications and Research, Organizational 

Advancement and Outreach, Professional Development 

and Continuing Education. (See the CSHA Website 

for description of role or contact your Director or 

Director Elect. All are welcome and encouraged to get 


active. If you have never been active in CSHA this is 

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District 7 Director • Cristienne Colip 

Advisory Committee 

Cristienne Colip, Director 

Audrey Ostrowski-Gallagher, Director -Elect 

Ann England, Legislative Liaison & Association 

Services 

Grace Medina-Chow, Co-President, San Mateo Co. 

Speech, Language & Hearing Association 

Joan Havard, Audiology Liaison/Pres. of the Santa 

Clara County Speech & Hearing Assn. 

Marcella McCollum, Publications & Research, Prof. 

Dev. & Cont. Ed 

Alison Pentland, NSSLHA Representative 

Robin Ottesen, Director – Ex Officio / Continuing Ed 

Liaison 

Nominating Committee 

Audrey Ostrowski-Gallagher, Chair 

Angie Butler 

Lupe Ramierez Steele 

Danielle Samson 

Heather Gast 


District 4 Highlights 

Upcoming Workshop 

District 4 has been busy planning our upcoming 

fall workshop on AAC, presented by district 4’s newest 

Fellow of the Association, Dr. Patti Solomon-Rice. 

October 12, 2013 

8:30 – 12:30 pm 

District 4 Presents... 

Early Intervention AAC 

Speaker: Patti Solomon-Rice 

San Mateo County Office of Education 

101 Twin Dolphin Drive 

Redwood City, CA 94065 

Thank Yous 

We would like to thank Danielle Sampson and 

Heather Gast for their service to the nominating 

committee these last two years, as well as Sharen Valles 

for her service on the advisory committee. 

Welcomes 

We would like to welcome Alison Pentland to 

the position of NSSLHA Representative, and Dawn 

Ferrar and Katherine Pollard-Pollak to the nominating 

committee. We look forward to their contributions. 

District 6 Director NEWS 

Karen Yaghoubian, Director 

Steven Paulson, Director-Elect 

District 6 held an exciting CEU workshop, Too 

Cool for School: iPads in Therapy on May 30th. 

Our presenters, Toni Salisbury and Mary Courtney 

shared wonderful strategies for using technology in 

therapy. We are looking forward to the following 

exciting CEU workshops for this coming year: 

Mentoring and Guiding Clinical Fellows, Student 

Clinicians, and SLPAs: Safeguarding Professional 

Values presented by Paige Shaughnessy and Jennifer 

St. Clair on October 18th; Cognition and Language: 

Effects of Attention, Memory, and Executive Function 

in Aphasia and Dementia presented by Marsha Zak 

in winter; Neuroplasticity and How to Maximize 

Potential Through Home Programs presented by 

Sarah Taylor and Stephanie Boyles on January 29, 

2014; and Communicating Through Touch: What 

Every SLP/SLPA Needs to Know! presented by Elaine 

Fogel Schneider in February 2014. Please share your 

suggestions for future CEU workshops. We are eager 

to hear from you. 

Our next Advisory meeting will be August 19th. 

Please let me know if you are interested in joining our 

Advisory. We’d love to see and hear from our District 

6 members. Please contact me at kbyslp@gmail.com 

with suggestions, thoughts, questions, or just to say 

hi. We look forward to seeing at our upcoming events. 

Thank you! Karen Yaghoubian 

Commission on Professional 

services for slp & audiology 

Beryl Fogel, Commissioner 

This commission is tasked to monitor activities 

of four ASHA liaison positions, SLPAHAD (Speech- 

Language Pathology & Audiology & Hearing Aid 

Dispensers), the Audiology Standing Committee, the 

Diversity Issues Committee, and three task forces. 

CA ASHA SEAL (State Education Advocacy 

Leader) - Holly Kaiser is learning her new responsibilities 

and responding to member’s questions. She 

will participate in a face-to-face meeting at the ASHA 

Schools Conference with ASHA representatives and 

SEALs from across the country. 

CA ASHA STAR (State Advocate for 

Reimbursement) – Shellie Bader is also learning her 

responsibilities, and initiating email correspondence 

with the ASHA STAR Network Executive Staff. 

With assistance from Kathleen Catterall, SMAC, she 

responded to an ASHA Network question sent to all 

STARs. 

CA ASHA SMAC (State Medicare Administrative 

Contractor) – Kathleen Catterall, who continues to 

serve in this position, reported on G Coding, Therapy 

Caps, and the California Hospital Association (CHA) 

Update on Skilled Nursing Reimbursement. This 

important information can be found in an email blast 

that has been sent from the CSHA Office. 

SLPAHAD (Speech-Language Pathology & 

Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensers) – Dr. Patti 

Solomon-Rice reports to the CSHA Board. The outcome 

of the Sunset Review is SB306 Price Sunset Bill which 

results in the SLPAHAD Board continuing to regulate 

the three professions in the current configuration. 

Audiology Standing Committee – Susan Clark, 

Chair, is in the process of reorganizing the committee 

to be prepared for member questions that may arise. 

Diversity Issues Committee – Sandy Gaskell 

& Pam Norton, Co-Chairs, along with members of 


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the committee have published an outstanding online 

newsletter which has been distributed to CSHA 

members via two email blasts. The newsletter can be 

accessed via the following link http://old.csha.org/ 

diversity.cfm . The 100-Word Glossary Project is only 

one of the projects currently in progress. The goal is 

“ to provide basic vocabulary in multiple languages 

to communicate vital concepts regarding health and 

communicative disorder issues”. Four languages are 

currently in the data base and three others are being 

discussed. The Glossary is expected to be available on 

the Diversity Issues Committee Website by the end of 

2013. 

Early Intervention Task Force – Nancy Robinson, 

Chair, states the purpose “is to define the issues of 

service delivery in EI…and to develop a position paper 

that will serve as guidelines”. 

Literacy Task Force - The Role of the School- 

Based SLP – Holly Kaiser, Chair, reports the plan is 

to create a “user-friendly, application oriented position 

paper … in support of the foundational language 

intervention needed for reading and writing”. 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Task 

Force be disbanded and these concerns be addressed 

through the Commission on Professional Services in LP 

and Audiology Submitted to: Anne Delfosse, President 

By: Karen Yaghoubian Date: June 22, 2013 

Motion to approve: Christina Leroy ; Second: Terry 

Kappe 

The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. 

– Other issues brought up by Rosemary Scott, 

Secretary of the Board, were updating the Speech- 

Language Pathology and Hearing Aid Dispensers 

Board (SLPAHADB) language regarding 100 hours 

of supervised practicum and supervision requirements. 

Bill Barnaby, Jr. Legislative Advocate, said that he 

will ask Annemarie DelMugnaio, Executive Director 

of the state licensing board. Rosemary also asked about 

uniformity of protocol regarding confidentiality among 

university programs for students to observe/volunteer. 

Steve Paulson, director-elect District 6, said that he did 

not know of any uniform policy. 

Workload-Caseload Task Force – Christina 

LeRoy, Chair is in the process of organizing the 

committee. 

DRDP – The CSHA Board voted to disband the 

task force previously created. This commission will 

research and monitor this issue. 

Motion(s) Passed at the June 2013 Board Meeting: 

Motion 1 -2013/2014 

ABSTRACT: At the March 2013 CSHA Board Meeting, 

the CSHA Board approved the formation of a Task Force 

to address SLP concerns regarding administration/ 

completion of the DRDP by SLPs for preschool-aged 

children receiving speech/language services but not 

enrolled in a special education preschool setting. 

Document Changes: By-Laws: ____ Standing Rules: 

____Other:__X___ 

RESOLUTION STATEMENT: WHEREAS some 

CSHA members continue to have concerns regarding 

the DRDP for students only receiving speech-language 

services 

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CSHA is offering many CE district workshops this 

coming year. Please view our Calendar of Events off the 

CSHA website at: http://www.csha.org/workshops 

As the fall season approaches, we will be adding 

more and more workshops throughout the year. All 

workshops will offer CEUs. 

Here are just a few of what CSHA will be offering 

this coming year. Continue to check the website for date 

and topic information as workshop dates approach. 

Fall/Winter 2013 

WHEREAS the Task Force is not the best venue by 

which to address these concerns 


CALENDAR of EVENTs 

September 2013 


Cognition and Language: Effects of Attention, Memory, 

and Executive Function in Aphasia and Dementia 

Speaker: Marsha Zak 

September 2013 


Third Annual Social Networking 

Speaker: Michael Biel 


September 7, 2013 


Documentation Doozies: Addressing Common Concerns 

in School Settings 

Speaker: Barbara Moore 

October 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2013 


Dinner Series 

Speakers: Shellie Bader, Amalia Hernandez, & Fredi 

Seradarian 

September 28, 2013 


Supervision Workshop 

Speaker: Rosemary Scott 

October 2013 


RPE Supervision 

Speakers: Kathleen Catterall & Charlotte Lopes 

October 2013 


Advanced iPad & Apps for SLPs 

Speaker: Dan Phillips 

October 2013 


Apps for Learning/Language & Life 

Speaker: Jackie Bryla 


Collaborative Approach to Addressing Feeding & 

Swallowing Disorders in Schools 

Speakers: Katie Kent & Angela Mandas 



Early Intervention AAC 

Speaker: Patti Solomon-Rice 



Mentoring and Guiding Clinical Fellows, Student 

Clinicians, and SLPAs: Safeguarding Professional Values 

Speakers: Paige Shaughnessy & Jennifer St. Clair 



Common Core & the SLP in Wine Country 

Speaker: Frank Donavan 



Fall Social/Hot Topics 

October 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2013 


Hot Topics Series 

Speakers: Jill Duthie, Amanda Fisher, CSHA Erin Singleton, Board Highlights u April 2013 

Diana Lee Luxenberg, & Courtney Young 

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November 2013 

District7 Presents... 

Bilingual Assessment – Keys for SLP’s 

Speakers: Shellie Bader & Helen Wade 

Fall/Winter 2013 


Symposium 

January 2014 


Youths Who Stutter 

Speaker: Gail Wilson Lew 

January 11, 2014 


TBI in School-Aged Children 

January 29, 2014 


Neuroplasticity and How to Maximize Potential Through 

Home Programs 

Speakers: Stephanie Boles & Sarah Taylor 

February 2014 


Communicating Through Touch: What Every SLP/SLPA 

Needs to Know! 

Speaker: Elaine Fogel Schneider 

May 2014 


Supervision Refresher Course 

Speaker: Rosemary Scott 


Executive Functioning 

Speaker: Sarah Ward 

May 3, 2014 


Stuttering Workshop 

Speakers: Gail Wilson Lew & Sherri Wolff 

May 10, 2014 


Topics in Medical Speech-Language Pathology

ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION: 

March 26-30, 2014 

Hilton, San Francisco, Union Square 

Offering at least 24 CE hours all in one location! 

Complete details to follow as we move closer 

to the date. Watch for emails and 

continue to watch the 

Calendar of Events and the Convention 

link off the CSHA website at www.CSHA.org 

FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS: 

September 20-21, 2013 

Orange County 

January 24-25, 2014 

Sacramento 

www.csha.org 

District Programs Listed on the Calendar 

of Events Section of the CSHA Website. 

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CSHA Board of Directors 

President 

President-Elect 

Secretary 

Treasurer 

Director District 1 










CSHA Administrative Office 

Administrative Director 

Administrative Assistant 

& Exhibits Coordinator 

Member Services & District 

Conference Coordinator 

Receptionist & CE Docs 

Commissioners & Editor 

Association Services 

Anne Delfosse 

Deborah Ross-Swain 

Rosemary Scott 

Linda Pippert 

Ellen Pritchard Dodge 

Lynda Oldenburg 

Adrienne Wroebel 

Cristienne Colip 

Amy Prince 

Karen Yaghoubian 

Terry Kappe 

Janet Dodd 

Julie Merrill 

Christina LeRoy 

Barbra O’Hara 

Heather McGuire 

Kimberly Swenson 

Ben Viernes 

Beth Nishida 

Professional Development 

& Continuing Education Kathy Little 

Legislation Benjamin Reece 

Professional Services, SLP 

& Audiology Beryl Fogel 

Organizational 

Quarterly Highlights 

Advancement & Outreach Robert Pieretti 

Publications & Research Margaret Dee Parker 

Editor-in-Chief Nicole Godfrey 

Editor in Chief 

Managing Editor 

CSHA Magazine Anne Delfosse 

CSHA Magazine Barbra O’Hara 

Student Representatives 

North Maria Lysenko 

South Jacquelyn Muga 

State Advocate for Reimbursement 

ParaProfessional Representatives 

Representative (STAR): Shellie Bader 

SLPA North Jacqueline Bryla 

State Medicare Administrative Contractor 

SLPA South Mary Nicholson 

Representative (SMAC): Kathleen Catterall 

State Education Advocacy Leader (SEAL): 

Holly Kaiser 

Audiology Standing Committee Chair: 

Susan Clark 

Diversity Committee Chair: 

Sandra Gaskell, Chair 

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