Section One: Mindsets, Models, and Standards

We start by thinking about ourselves, because being aware of ourselves helps us to be aware of other people. From that base, we expand into addressing several necessary academic, legal, and other models, standards, and issues that support our work in client-centered, culturally and individually appropriate speech-language pathology.

Your personal and professional journey, a central metaphor we will use throughout this website — and some important terminology for culture, identity, diversity, inclusion, and related topics
Three frameworks for thinking about how culture and identity shape our work as speech-language pathologists
Federal civil rights law and the ASHA Code of Ethics
The CLAS standards for healthcare, and culture-, identity-, and ability-related requirements for educational settings
Why is there no module called “How to work with clients from This Specific Culture”?

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Our work as speech-language pathologists requires us to engage routinely and thoughtfully with everything that culture, language, and identity can mean.

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Section One: Mindsets, Models, and Standards

Module 1: Journeys and Definitions

Module 2: Groups, Identities, Dimensions, and the 16 Questions Matrix

Module 3: Civil Rights Law and Professional Ethics

Module 4: Standards in Healthcare and Education

Module 5: The Columns-and-Rows Problem

Our work as speech-language pathologists requires us to engage routinely and thoughtfully with everything that culture, language, and identity can mean.

Culture for SLP