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Oregon Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
Multnomah County Literacy Outreach Program.
Expand the master’s degree program in speech-language pathology.
Feasibility study for the establishment a Doctor of Audiology degree program at PSU.
Upgrade PSU's speech and language clinics.
Bilingual Certificate Program in Speech-Language Pathology.

Title: Oregon Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
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Fri, 10/23/2009 - 17:24 — Thomas Dolan
School/College: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department: 
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Planning Year: 
2009
Institutional Themes: 
Provide Civic Leadership through Partnerships
Unit initiative Description: 
The partnership with the Oregon Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program will provide free infant hearing screenings at the PSU Audiology Clinic and at various other sites within the community. Graduate and undergraduate students in the department will be trained to screen the hearing of infants by means of otoacoustic measurement. The goal of the screening program will be to identify babies with hearing loss and ensure appropriate intervention. Otoacoustic measurement devices belonging to EHDI will be used.
Time Frame: 
1 year
Desired outcomes: 
Our partnership with EDHI will help ensure that children with hearing loss are identified at and early age and that they receive appropriate intervention. It will have the added benefit of providing Speech & Hearing Science students with training and experience in infant hearing screening.
How initiative supports overall unit or school/college plans: 
This is an important example of serving the community, which is one of the missions of the university and college.
Measure of progress and success for this unit initiative: 
Progress will be measured by the number of babies screened, the number of positive identifications of infant hearing loss and the number of students who take part.

Title: Multnomah County Literacy Outreach Program.
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Fri, 10/23/2009 - 17:28 — Thomas Dolan
School/College: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department: 
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Planning Year: 
2009
Institutional Themes: 
Provide Civic Leadership through Partnerships
Unit initiative Description: 
Our goal is to establish a partnership with the Multnomah County Literacy Outreach Program. Our role in the partnership would be to provide speech & language assessment and intervention for adults with literacy issues, with the goal of determining whether their reading disabilities are due to underling speech or language issues. These activities would have bearing on the type of assistance that the individuals would receive.
Time Frame: 
1 year
Desired outcomes: 
Begin the process of assessing adults with reading problems who have been identified through the Multnomah County Literacy Outreach Program. Establish a protocol for intervention with individuals whose disability is related to speech or language issues.
How initiative supports overall unit or school/college plans: 
This is an important example of serving the community, which is part of the mission of the university and college.
Measure of progress and success for this unit initiative: 
Progress will be measured by the number of individuals assessed by the program in 2010, and the number who receive therapy service through our speech and language clinics.

Title: Expand the master’s degree program in speech-language pathology.
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Fri, 10/23/2009 - 17:35 — Thomas Dolan
School/College: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department: 
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Planning Year: 
2009
Institutional Themes: 
Enhance Educational Opportunities
Expand Resources and Improve Effectiveness
Institutional Academic Initiatives: 
Increase enrollment in community based learning courses
Unit initiative Description: 
Continue to expand the master’s degree program in speech-language pathology in response to the high demand for the program by students and the critical state-wide need for our graduates.
Desired outcomes: 
Our goal is to increase the number of annual admissions to the master’s degree program from 31 to 36 by Fall, 2010. The desired outcome would be to matriculate 36 students by 2012. It will involve the creation of two new faculty positions, one tenure-track academic and one fixed-term clinical.
How initiative supports overall unit or school/college plans: 
Helps alleviate the chronic shortage of speech-language pathologists in Oregon- therefore serves the needs of the state.
Measure of progress and success for this unit initiative: 
By the number of graduates the master's degreee program produces in 2012.

Title: Feasibility study for the establishment a Doctor of Audiology degree program at PSU.
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Fri, 10/23/2009 - 17:40 — Thomas Dolan
School/College: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department: 
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Planning Year: 
2009
New Academic Program Proposal: 
yes
Academic Program Proposal Status: 
In preliminary/preapproval stage
Institutional Themes: 
Enhance Educational Opportunities
Unit initiative Description: 
Explore the feasibility of establishing a Doctor of Audiology Degree (Au.D.) program at PSU with a funding model based on differential tuition. The study will include a needs-based assessment, both in terms of market demand for graduates of the professional program and the potential in-state and out-of-state student demand for such a program.
Desired outcomes: 
Completion of the feasibility study by July 15th, 2010; provide recommendations to CLAS and OAA based on outcomes of the study by July 30, 2010.
How initiative supports overall unit or school/college plans: 
Will potentially expand the university’s offerings in medically-related disciplines.
Measure of progress and success for this unit initiative: 
N/A

Title: Upgrade PSU's speech and language clinics.
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Fri, 10/23/2009 - 17:44 — Thomas Dolan
School/College: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department: 
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Planning Year: 
2009
Unit initiative Description: 
Expand and enhance on-campus clinics for speech and language disorders to accommodate the growing number of students in our master’s degree program. Each of our graduate students must complete 50 hours of supervised practicum in our on-campus speech and language clinics. Adding 6 master’s students to our cohort in 2008 and 5 more in 2010 translates into 550 additional hours of clinical experience that we must provide. More clients, support staff and more therapy rooms are needed to accommodate this increase.
Time Frame: 
2 years
Desired outcomes: 
Have new, state-of-the-art clinical facilities by 2011.
How initiative supports overall unit or school/college plans: 
Serves the community by providing enhanced services to individuals with communication disorders. Ultimately results in increased numbers of speech-language pathologists produced by PSU.
Measure of progress and success for this unit initiative: 
In 2011 our program will be hosting a site visit by our accrediting agency, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). ASHA will thereby determine whether our clinical operation meets minimum standards for a professional educational program.

Title: Bilingual Certificate Program in Speech-Language Pathology.
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Fri, 10/23/2009 - 17:50 — Thomas Dolan
School/College: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department: 
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Planning Year: 
2009
Institutional Themes: 
Achieve Global Excellence
Enhance Educational Opportunities
Institutional Academic Initiatives: 
Increase domestic non-resident & international enrollment
Unit initiative Description: 
Goal: Develop a bilingual certification program for graduate students in speech-language pathology. This program would qualify graduates of our master’s degree program to provide speech and language services to native speakers of Spanish across all age groups. It would involve exchanges of students with educational institutions in a number of Spanish speaking countries, and would potentially attract bilingual students from across North and South America.
Time Frame: 
2 years
Desired outcomes: 
Develop the program during 2009-2010. Establish a study-abroad opportunity for Spanish-English bilingual speech-language pathology students by summer, 2010.
How initiative supports overall unit or school/college plans: 
This is another example of how the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences serves the community: each year it will prepare a number of our graduates to serve the growing Spanish-speaking population in Oregon.
Measure of progress and success for this unit initiative: 
Progress will be measured by whether or not the certificate program is established, the number of international agencies and institutions that are incorporated into the program, and the number of students who study abroad though this program.