About Perspectives and Its Editors

Perspectives is the member publication for the Special Interest Divisions of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The Divisions began publishing newsletters for their affiliates in 1991. Those publications have expanded and evolved over the years and are now reviewed according to the criteria set forth by the Continuing Education Board of ASHA.

Further, all of the Divisions are ASHA approved Continuing Education Providers and, as such, publish content on the graduate level for the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology, enabling their affiliates to earn Continuing Education credits for self-study of Perspectives.

Perspectives are focused on narrow topics of interest to professionals practicing in or conducting research related to communications sciences and disorders. Typically, Perspectives are disorder-oriented (e.g., swallowing and swallowing disorders), though some divisions focus on topics across disorders (e.g., gerontology or diversity) or that relate to pedagogy or supervision.

Each Perspectives boasts an editor with special knowledge and expertise in the focus topics of that division. Each division's content is reviewed by a Continuing Education Administrator and a standing Board of Reviewers who ensure that content meets requirements for ASHA continuing education self-studies.

About Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (formerly known as the Division 12 Augmentative and Alternative Communication Newsletter) is published four times annually (April, June, September, and December) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). It is the goal of the Special Interest Division for Augmentative and Alternative Communication to promote continuing education for ASHA members at introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels; advocate for ASHA membership regarding clinical service needs; and advocate for preservice and inservice personnel preparation in the area of augmentative and alternative communication.

Editor

Cynthia C. Millikin

Continuing Education Administrator

Sara Scarborough
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Editorial Production Team

Jean White, Associate Director for Communications, Special Interest Divisions
Frank Wisswell, Editorial Assistant, Special Interest Divisions
ASHA National Office, Rockville, MD

Advertising Sales

Pamela J. Leppin
pleppin{at}asha.org

2009 Steering Committee

Division Coordinator: Iris Fishman, United Cerebral Palsy of New York City

Associate Coordinator: Amy S. Goldman, Temple University
Ellen M. Kravitz, Massachussetts Easter Seals
Joanne Lasker, Florida State University
Mary Ann H. Lowe, Nova Southeastern University

ASHA Board of Directors Monitoring Officers

Julie B. Noel, Monitoring Vice President for Speech-Language Pathology Practices
Gwendolyn D. Wilson, Monitoring Vice President for Professional Practices in Audiology

Ex Officio

Kerry Chmielenski, Associate Director, Special Interest Divisions

2009 List of Reviewers

Joan Bruno
Susan Moon Meyer
Lisa A. Proctor
Sara Sack