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 Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia)

Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (formerly known as the Division 13 Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders Newsletter) is published four times annually (March, June, October, and December) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The mission of the Division on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders is to provide leadership and advocacy for issues in swallowing and swallowing disorders and to serve affiliates who evaluate and manage individuals with swallowing and feeding disorders across the lifespan by supporting professional development, research, education, and communication necessary for delivery of the highest quality services.

Editor

Lori A. Davis
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK

Continuing Education Administrator

Julie Blair
Medical 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: Catriona M. Steele, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Canada

Associate Coordinator: Debra M. Suiter, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Susan Brady, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheaton, IL
Claire Miller, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Cathy A. Pelletier, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD

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

Leigh Deussing, Associate Director, Special Interest Divisions