Resolving Ethical Dilemmas - Best Practices for School-Based SLPs
Abstract:
Ethics is a verb – it’s all about what you do and how you do it. Ethical issues span every aspect of our practice and can present dilemmas for practitioners at all levels of experience. This interactive session will address many facets of ethics focusing on the school setting, including how to respond when you think there has been a violation. Building on feedback from previous presentations and inquiries addressed by the licensure board, we have incorporated real-life scenarios. Please bring your concerns and questions to add to our discussion.
Presenter(s):
Gregg B. Thornton was appointed as the Executive Director of the Ohio Board of
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology in March 2009 and is responsible for managing board operations and executing all directives issued by the Board. He has over 25 years of experience in state government, serving in investigative and legal positions with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and Ohio Inspector General’s
Office prior to his appointment with the licensure board. Mr. Thornton graduated with honors from Howard University in Washington, D.C., receiving a B.A. in political science, and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland.
He is an affiliate member of the American Academy of Audiology and the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He is also a member of the National Council of State Boards of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, whose mission is to facilitate the role of state licensure boards through communication and education. Since 2011, Mr. Thornton has given numerous presentations to licensees on the topic of resolving ethical dilemmas and best practices to protect your license.
In 2014, Mr. Thornton co-authored an article entitled, “Hot Topics in Ethics,” which appeared in eHearsay, an electronic journal of the Ohio Speech-Language Hearing
Association. He also brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the areas of administrative law and professional occupation regulatory law governing the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology in Ohio.
Dr. Linda Wellman, from Cincinnati, was appointed to the licensure board in October
2013. She serves as one of the three speech-language pathologists appointed to the board. Dr. Wellman as over 29 years of experience and has worked in various work settings, including public schools, private schools, the University of Cincinnati, and
Miami University. She is currently working as an SLP with the Hamilton County ESC and the University of Cincinnati. Her area of research and interests are the relationship between cognition, language, and literacy within the academic contexts and the changing evolving role of the school-based SLP.