ASHA Resources About Ethical Practices
Ethics and IDEA: A Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists and
Audiologists (2007)
This guide
focuses on the challenges of ethical issues confronting SLPs and audiologists
as they implement the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act
(IDEA 2004) in their school districts. Through the use of fictitious vignettes,
Ethics and IDEA walks you through the varied issues and experiences that could
be encountered by related service professionals in any school or early
childhood setting, and provides a process for addressing ethically compromising
situations. Following each vignette, selected citations from IDEA regulations
and selected relevant ASHA practice and ethics documents are provided as a
framework for resolution. Includes definitions of basic terms associated with
ethics and IDEA as well as helpful resource information. Ethics and IDEA is designed primarily for SLPs and
audiologists, but it is also a valuable resource for other related service
personnel working in public schools.
$45.00 for members; $55.00 for nonmembers. Item #0112573.
ASHA Code of Ethics
(Revised 2010).
http://www.asha.org/practice/ethics/
http://www.asha.org/Practice/ethics/EthicsCodeRevision/
Ethics and Schools Practice
Ethics and Schools Practice This collection of
information is designed to assist school-based SLPs in dealing with ethical
issues in the school setting.
http://www.asha.org/slp/schools/prof-consult/EthicsSchoolsPractice.htm
School
Services Professional Consultation Packets (Members Only.)
School Services Professional Consultation Packets The
following professional consultation packets are a compilation of ASHA position
statements, guidelines, technical reports, and other resources relevant to the school
SLP.
http://www.asha.org/members/slp/schools/prof-consult/
Accepting Referrals for Private Practice from Primary Place of Employment
http://www.asha.org/docs/html/ET2008-00298.html
Confidentiality
Confidentiality Board of Ethics; revised 2004.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org/docs/html/ET2004-00168.html
Representation
of Services for Insurance Reimbursement, Funding, or Private Payment Revised 2010
http://www.asha.org/docs/html/ET2010-00314.html
Responsibilities
of Individuals Who Mentor Clinical Fellows
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/docs/html/ET2007-00279.html
Cultural Competence
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/docs/html/ET2005-00174.html
Supervision
of Student Clinicians 2010
http://www.asha.org/docs/html/ET2010-00316.html
Dysphagia
Management for School Children: Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas (Members Only.)
Dysphagia Management for School Children: Dealing With
Ethical Dilemmas The following article appeared in the October 2001 issue (Vol.
2, No. 2, pp. 18-20) of the Division 16 Newsletter.
http://www.asha.org/members/slp/schools/prof-consult/
dysphagia-mgmt-div16.htm
http://lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/2/167
The April 2008 issue of LSHSS, volume 39 discusses ethical issues in providing services in the schools to children with swallowing and feeding disorders. You can review the abstracts at this site. Ethics: It's More Than Common Sense
Ethics: Its More Than Common Sense! (NSSLHA Day
Session #1) Presented by the ASHA Board of Ethics November 17, 2006.
http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/practice/ethics/NSSLHAEthicsPresentation.pdf#search=%22common%22
Conflicts
of Professional Interest
Conflicts of Professional Interest Board of Ethics
About this Document 1993; revised 2001, 2003.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/docs/html/ET2004-00169.html
Medicaid Guidance for School-Based Speech-Language Pathology Services: Addressing the “Under the Direction of “Rule”
This guideline is the official policy of ASHA. (2005)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/docs/html/KS2005-00083.html
Medicaid Payment for School-Based Services
FAQS: The Audiologist and SLP’s Role- Includes who can bill, revenue received, fraud, salary supplements, etc. Page updated 7/29/2009 http://www.asha.org/practice/reimbursement/medicaid/audslpFAQs.htm
Ethics Q&A for School-Based Speech Language Pathology Practice (updated 2010)
http://www.asha.org/slp/schools/prof-consult/EthicsFAQsForSchools.htm
At this ASHA website you will get the answers to most commonly asked questions about ethics and working in the schools. The questions are as follows:
- Is it unethical for me to accept referrals for my part-time private practice for children who attend my school or district?
- My school system hires unqualified personnel as substitutes when I am ill or away from the job attending a professional meeting. Is this practice ethical?
- I sometimes have disagreements with parents about the amount of service their child needs. How can I avoid providing services that I feel are unwarranted or ethically wrong?
- What are my ethical responsibilities related to assessing and treating children from culturally diverse populations?
- What are my ethical responsibilities in mentoring clinical fellows and supervising student clinicians?
- What should I do if asked to "sign off" on Medicaid for speech-language pathologists I have not supervised?
- What are my responsibilities for supervising unqualified personnel?
- Does ASHA have a process for reporting ethical violations?
- Where can I find published articles and continuing education programs related to ethical problem solving?
