The Department of Communication Sciences Disorders Oklahoma State University will hold a public forum
Thursday, March 23 from 4:30-5:30 024 Murray Hall (lower level auditorium) Stillwater OK
The department’s graduate program in speech-language pathology will be undergoing a site visit by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) as part of the department’s reaccreditation application. The department is accredited by the CAA of ASHA and invites individuals having knowledge of the program to attend the public forum and provide input to the site visit team. Written input may also be provided by the public prior to the site visit according to the following protocol:
(1) Comments must identify the Oklahoma State University program;
(2) Comments must relate to the program’s compliance with the standards for accreditation, such standards available at:
http://
www.asha.org/academic/accreditation/accredmanual/section3.htm#standards3
);
(3) Comments must be submitted to the ASHA Accreditation Office no later than 15 days prior to the scheduled site visit on Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24. Comments received less than 15 days before the visit will not be provided to the site visit team.
(4) Comments must include the name, address and telephone number of the commenter, as well as the commenter’s relation to the program. Such information allows the Accreditation Office to verify the authenticity of the information provided.
(5) All comments must be signed.
(6) Comments should be submitted to:
Accreditation Public Comment
Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard #310 Rockville, MD 20850
accreditation@asha.org
Fax: 301-296-8570
Receipt of the comments, acknowledgement of the timeline of receipt as well as verification of the source will be acknowledged by the Accreditation Office. All comments will be provided to the site visit team chair, but anonymously, a minimum of one week before the visit. The team will consider all comments as compliance with ASHA standards is reviewed. If appropriate, comments will be addressed in the site visit report.