SDSLHA MEMBERSHIP
FORUM AND BUSINESS MEETING
NOTES
Old Business:
Call to Order – Anne Degen,
Anne D. introduced the
current SDSLHA Executive Council members
and Committee Chairs.
Terri Kussart
the current Secretary addressed the association and directed them to a copy of
last year’s 2004 Business Meeting
minutes on their tables. A request for
corrections was requested, however none were needed. Minutes were approved by Jennifer / Kirsten Timmer
2nds.
Cheryl Munkvold
our Treasurer reported
our budget for this year. Our budget was
approved by….. / 2nds.
Committee Reports:
Committee on Publication –
Penny Walker, Editor: Penny talked about
the Web Site and Newsletter. She asked if
there were any concerns or requests to please get with her. Also, if you change your e-mail address,
please notify Penny so she can change it in the database.
ASHA Legislative Council –
Ruth Samuelsen, Legislative Councilor:
Ruth reported that the
issued with KAHAVA will be discussed at the round table. She discussed ASHA strategies and priorities
that will be set for the fall 2005
Convention
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She also reported that ASHA
is redoing the ASHA web site.
Ruth reported that we have
only one representative from our state of SD because of our speech therapist
population. We have a total of 311 ASHA
members. In the future we will an
audiologist and speech therapist to represent us in ASHA. She discussed the future trends facing our
speech therapists; such as aging of Americans, changes in the schools and
changes in reimbursement.
Ruth reported that ASHA
reviews l/3 of ASHA programs each year…deciding whether to give more or less
funding. These programs and what type
of funding they will be given will be coming out in the ASHA Leader.
Ruth had a survey of 19
respondents from her survey. She reported from the
survey it was found that the main issues that the SLP’s
of
#1. issue of salaries.
#2. evidence based practice
#3. caseload work load
#4. and reimbursement issues.
Miscellaneous information that she passed our
way;
#1. ASHA
convention for 2005 will be in
come and
attend. In 2006 it will be in
#2. There were
lots of questions about continuing education. ASHA is supporting
and lobbying
for Teacher Recruitment Act of 2005.
Which is a plan for
student loan
forgiveness if you work in a Title l school for five years.
#3. House Bill
414; Representative Jim Ryan …who is a friend of audiology to
get a tax
credit of $500.
#4. Medicare Out Patient therapy Cap:
ASHA still fighting to get rid of it.
Basically in the state
legislation at this …there isn’t more going on for speech and hearing.
Membership
Committee – Bobbi Brink, Membership Chair. Bobbi announced that there are
218 members for this year. This number
is up 20 from last year.
We have 256 members
registered for this years convention. J
Bobbi discussed the by laws
about life time membership. We want to
honor those who are eligible. At this
time we have ten active members. Penny
also discussed that she has a section in the Newsletter…called “Bright
Ideas”. It is here you will find great
ways to get new ideas for therapy or products.
Scholarship
Committee – Jane Clem, Scholarship Chair. The committee stayed the
same.
For the two $500 Scholarships: They were
given to:
Master’s
Continuing Education –
Shelly Grinde, CEB Administrator:
Shelly and Julie Carol announced that there will be 5 to 6 courses
coming this year with ASHA approval. It
was announced that a course called “Returning to Life the
Shelly also reminded the
audience that if they are here attending the convention
to be sure to fill out both sides of the CEU form and
return it back to the table.
ASHA State Advocates for
Reimbursement – Julianne Decker and Todd Decker, Representatives: Both of these representatives discussed what
was recently occurring in the area of reimbursement. Julieanne reported
to the audience about
how Blue Cross Blue Shield is currently not accepting billing under the
cognition code and explained that ASHA has recommended a specific code to allow
for that billing until this issues is taken care of. Todd also explained that a recent bill was
passed that will no longer require a physican referral for an audiologist to
see a patient. Todd also explained that
this new development will also affect speech therapists in the future too.
Awards – Shirley Hauge, Past
President: Shirley announced honored
Judy Flanigan , who is retiring from USD of 30 years.
Shirley also announced an
honorary mention to Nicole Rice who had returned to us from
ACE Award Recipients – Anne
Degen, President: Anne gave awards to
Shirley Albright and Melissa Hubb.
Other Awards given:
Louise M. DiCarlo Award : Brittany Schmidt
Volunteer Award: Dorothy Drior and
Jennifer Schultz.
Distinguished Service
Award: Bonnie Christensen and Bridget
Stone from the Birth to Three Program in
The Honor of the Association: Candice Lee
Anne gave a going away gift to our Past President Shirley Hauge.
Bobbi Brink was given an
honor for doing an outstanding job as Membership Chair.
Anne D. also announced that
we will be loosing our financial expert, Cheryl Munkvold. She has been our Treasurer for the last 7
years. And we are loosing Paul Bruegemann. He is
retiring with a new baby and has just received his Doctorate.
New Business:
Governor’s Proclamation –
May 2005 is Better Hearing & Speech Month
By-laws Changes – Shirley
Hauge and Candice Lee announced that the by laws have been sent in the mail and
are to be reviewed by the members and voted upon. We wanted to make sure that the by laws
reflect what we actually do.
A motion was made to approve
all the 15 changes by Ruth Samuleson/ Dan ? 2nds’.
Reinstatement
Rolland J. Van Hattum Award
Call for Nominations – Anne Degen
Jennifer discussed some changes at the State
Department for renewing
teacher
certification. An approach to the board
of education is going to be made so we can use 9 CEU”s
to renew the certification.
Nominations for 2006
Executive Council Positions – Shirley Hauge
Julie Carl was introduced as
our President Elect. for the coming term.
Shirley Albright was
nominated for Vice President of Audiology.
Treasurer: None at this time.
Bobbi Brink will stay for Membership Chair.
A call for
nominations for the other offices were made.
2006 SDSLHA Convention –
Julie Carl, President-Elect
Julie announced that the
dates for next years speech and hearing convention will be April 20 to 22 2006 here at the Ramkota
Inn.
Other Business: Kara Stain won a free registration for our
speech convention for next year.
Shirley Hauge motion for the meeting to be adjourned /Cheryl Munkvold 2nds.
Meeting adjourned at