CSD 600 Professional Issues and Ethics in CSD
Fall 2013
This is a 3-credit hour course for 2nd year graduate students in Speech-Language
Pathology. The course starts August 23, 2013 and will be completed by November
29, 2013.
Class time: Friday, 1:00 pm to 3:50 pm Location: Room 325 Ferguson Building
Course Instructor: Robert Mayo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor
Phone: 336-334-3022 E-mail: r_mayo@uncg.edu
Office hours: Friday 12 noon to 2:00 pm or by appointment. Office location: 314
Ferguson Bldg.
Communication: I will respond to your email correspondence within 24 hours when
submitted between Monday and Thursday. If your message is sent on Friday,
Saturday, or Sunday, I will respond to you by the following Monday.
Doctoral Teaching Assistant: Carrie Stacey
Purpose and Description
Issues related to employment settings, job exploration/preparation, credentialing, trends
in service delivery, ethics, legal considerations, and professional advocacy in the
profession of speech-language pathology will be introduced. Content is in accordance
with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Scope of Practice,
Code of Ethics, Preferred Practice Patterns and guidelines for credentialing. The
graduate student taking this course will be introduced to information and resources that
can be used for a professional lifetime. Professional activity, including advocacy for the
profession and the clients/patients one serves, will be encouraged.
Required Textbook and Related Readings
1. Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 3rd Edition by
Rosemary Lubinski, Lee Ann Golper and Carol M. Frattali.
Or
Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 4th Edition by
Rosemary Lubinski and Melanie. W, Hudson.
2. ASHA Code of Ethics: http://www.asha.org/docs/pdf/ET2010-00309.pdf
3. ASHA Scope of Practice in SLP: http://www.asha.org/docs/pdf/SP2007-00283.pdf
4. Statement of the ASHA Board of Ethics: http://www.asha.org/Practice/ethics/BOECode-Enforcement/
5. ASHA Preferred Practice Patterns for the Professions of Speech-Language
Pathology and Audiology: http://www.asha.org/docs/pdf/PP2004-00191.pdf
6. North Carolina Board of Examiners: http://www.ncboeslpa.org
a. Article 22 (under the 'Statutes' link)
b. Scope of Practice Statements
7. ASHA Membership and Certification Requirements:
http://www.asha.org/about/membership-certification/
Optional Reading Resources:
Web Links for Ethics Information:
http://search.asha.org/default.aspx?q=+http://www.asha.org/about/ethics. These may
be useful for your case studies.
Academic Honor Code: Each student is required to read the UNCG Academic Integrity
Policy on the web page and the Student Conduct Policies and each student will affirm
that s/he will honor those policies with a signature on all major work submitted for the
course.
Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend all classes unless they have an
excused absence. Two unexcused absences will result in lowering of the final grade by
one letter.
Learning Differences/Disabilities: Students with documented learning differences or
disabilities must meet with the instructor prior to the second class to discuss any
accommodations that may be necessary. Please consult the UNCG Office of
Accessibility Resource and Services for guidelines on documenting a learning
difference/disability at http://ods.uncg.edu/
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Contrast professional and business practices in different speech-language work
settings.
2. Evaluate service delivery systems (e.g. educational, private practice).
3. Analyze diversity issues and practices in the work setting.
4. Identify opportunities to re-invent oneself over the course of a professional career.
5. Advocate for the profession by educating the public and other related professions.
6. Complete the initial process of applying for ASHA certification and state licensure.
7. Identify predictable ethical risks and prevention strategies for ethical violations in
each job setting.
8. Formulate ways of protecting one's professional reputation through understanding of
professional competency, liability, and employment-related litigation matters.
TEACHING METHODS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR ACHIEVING LEARNING
OUTCOMES:
Multiple strategies incorporating direct instruction, face-to-face guest lectures and teleguest lectures, collaborative learning groups, group discussion, self-study, case studies
and student guided problem solving will be used to enhance your learning.
EVALUATION AND GRADING:
Students are expected to check Blackboard and email regularly to ensure that they are
fully aware of all assignments, announcements and other class related
information. Failure to do so may limit the ability to complete the assignments and
receive full credit for class participation.
ASSIGNMENTS/PROJECTS (200 points): Students will be evaluated on the
completion and quality of their products. Each assignment is deemed to be functional
and beneficial to the student's preparation for the Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY). There
are two assignments.
(1) Ethical Article Summary (100 points):
The purposes of the article summary are to critically evaluate and synthesize the
content of peer reviewed journal articles, use APA formatting in writing, and offer an
opinion on the content of the article by defending, rejecting and/or reflecting on the
contents.
Assignment: Students will read all of the articles in the 2011 Seminars in Speech and
Language, Volume 32. Students will then decide which one (1) article to
summarize. The written summary will include a detailed overview of the main
issues/content. In addition, students will provide a personal reflection and may disagree
or agree with the content of the article. The personal reflection will demonstrate
engagement with the ethical issue(s) and show growth in student’s knowledge of class
content. The student will draw upon class discussion and/or readings to synthesize and
expand on their knowledge.
Students will show excellent usage of Standard English (grammar, vocabulary,
etc.) The format of the paper must be APA style (citations, references, running header,
cover page…) with 1 inch margins, double spaced and size 12 Font (Times New
Romans, Calibri, or Arial.) The paper should be at least 500 words in length. More
about this at the first class meeting.
Ethical Article Summary is Due September 20, 2013
(2) Ethics Essay (100 points):
This is an individual assignment. You will write a paper of no more than 1,200 words
in length that will “encourage you to think about ethical decision making and create
greater awareness of situations that could pose ethical dilemmas as you prepare to start
your career in speech-language pathology.” The words in quotes are taken directly from
the 2014 ASHA Student Ethics Essay Award (SEEA) program. You can learn more
about the program at the following
link: http://www.asha.org/Practice/ethics/essay_award/#Requirements.
For the purposes of your assignment for this course, you will write on the topic of
'Supervisory Relationships.' Specifically, you will write a paper in response to one (1)
of the following ethical dilemmas:
1. During your clinical fellowship, you discover that your immediate supervisor's
ASHA certification is not current. You understand that the time spent acquiring
knowledge and skills in this clinical experience will not be accepted toward
completion of your ASHA certification requirements. When you inquire about this
issue, your supervisor says, "Don't worry. I'll have someone with certification
sign."
2. During your clinical education program, you believe that your immediate
supervisor fails to provide you with adequate supervision to meet your and your
client's needs; you believe, therefore, that the quality of services you provide is
compromised.
Using the ASHA Code of Ethics, identify one or more Principles and the
corresponding Rule(s) that you believe have been violated and provide a
rationale for your choice(s). Next, describe your decision-making process to
resolve the ethical dilemma.
We will use the evaluation criteria listed by the ASHA SEEA to score your
papers. We will discuss this assignment more fully at the first class
meeting. At the conclusion of the semester and with your permission, we will
select the top ten papers and share them with department faculty members
who will be asked to identify five papers that can be submitted for the 2014
ASHA Student Ethics Essay program competition. Those students who
papers are selected by our faculty will be encouraged to participate in the
SEEA competition. More about this at the first class meeting.
Ethical Essay is Due November 29, 2013
Grading Scale: A = 200-190, A- = 184-179, B+ = 178-169, B = 168-155, B- = 154140, C+ = 139-130, C = 129-119, C- = 118-110, Below 109 = F.