SCSHA Member Committees

Welcome, SCSHA Members!

The SCSHA executive board has established standing committees that focus on our mission and vision.  These committees are volunteer.  Any current SCSHA member may become a committee member.  Individuals must be a voting member of SCSHA to chair a committee. 

What will I need to apply?

Name and contact information, information about your work setting as an SLP and/or Audiologist, and a short statement on why you feel you’d qualify to be on the committee. If you are applying for a leadership role please be prepared to include a brief statement about why you are interested in leading the committee.

What are the expectations for participation?

Committee members should expect to serve on a committee at least from the time of the annual convention to the convention the following year (1 year).  Committee chairs should plan on serving for 2 years. Committee membership is open throughout the year. 

What is the meeting schedule?

Some committees meet more often than others.  The SCSHA member calendar is located at the bottom of this page and contains all known upcoming committee meetings.  Most committees meet at least once per quarter.

Please check out the SCSHA committees below. If you are interested in serving, please submit a Member Committee Application using the blue button above. 

 

Annual Convention

Chair: President Elect and President Elect-Elect

Responsibilities: Coordinates all activities associated with the annual convention. Composed of all current board members and member volunteers. The President elect serves as Convention Chair, and the President elect-elect serves as the Co-chair.  The co-chair will become the Convention Chair the following year.

Members: Individuals serving on the convention committee may be any current member of SCSHA, including students. Members may serve on a convention sub-committee.

Assistants Advisory Council

Chair: VP of Membership and Outreach

Responsibilities: Create content related to SLP Assistants on the SCSHA website, prioritize issues related to assistants to be addressed by the Executive Board, suggest continuing education content specific to assistants and/or supervision of assistants, suggest issues for legislative advocacy related to assistants practice and/or supervision of assistants.

Members: Assistants Liaison and 3-5 SLP and/or Audiology Assistants who hold assistant licensure in South Carolina.  Committee members other than the Assistants Liaison are not required to hold current ASHA assistant certification.

Grants Committee

Chair: VP of Clinical and Professional Affairs

Responsibilities: Create a plan and draft a proposal to be submitted for the annual ASHA State Association grant program (due in February) and the ASHA Student Advocacy grant (due in October) program. Review other grant opportunities for which SCSHA may qualify.  Submit required reports related to awarded grants.

Members: This committee should include the VP of Finance and Leadership or the VP of Membership and Outreach and at least one additional SCSHA member in good standing.

 

Healthcare Policy and Econmics (HPE)

Committee Chairs: Katrina Tompkins and Carrie Hinnant

Board Ex-officio:  VP of Government Affairs

Responsibilities: Discuss issues relevant to healthcare settings, early intervention, private practice, reimbursement, and State Medicaid.  Develop a plan for advocacy to ensure the professions of SLP and Audiology remain relevant and sustainable.

Members:  Must include a clinic director/administrator with billing and coding experience, at least 1 SLP who is not an owner of a private practice, the ASHA StAMP, ASHA STAR, and an SLP who works in early intervention. 

 

School SLPs

Committee Chairs:  Michelle Jordan & Liddy Parrish

Board Ex-officio: VP of Clinical and Professional Affairs

Responsibilities:  Address issues concerning to educational settings including IDEA Part B, IDEA Part C (age 3-5 services),  Speech-Language Pathology, and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants.

Members:  School SLPs; must include at least one direct hire SLP and one contract SLP

Legislative Affairs

Chair: Kelly Caldwell

Lobbyist: Wanda Crotwell

Agenda: Reviewing and maintaining progress toward accomplishing the goals of the SCSHA public policy agenda

Members: Must include the Licensure board liaison, STAR, SEAL, STaMP, and COA as well as the VP of Clinical and Professional Affairs, and 2 SCSHA members not currently serving on the executive board.

Membership

Chair and Board ex-officio: VP of Membership and Outreach

Responsibilities: Discuss declining public trust in organizations, how that may affect SCSHA, and a plan to reach out to current and potential members of the organization

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Chair: open

Responsibilities: Working group to address clinical and professional needs of SLPs working in AAC, providing information to SLPs on AAC services.

Budget

Committee Chair and Board Ex-officio: VP of Finance and Leadership

Responsibilities:  Generates the annual budget for presenting to the executive board and to members.

Members:  all Board members along with volunteer voting members of the association

Committee Meeting Calendar