The topic of ethics is a pervasive and sometimes challenging one, applicable to all professionals, practice settings, and types of clients. Recent revisions to the ASHA Code of Ethics are highlighted, and a decision-making model is delineated. Scenarios depicting potential ethical violations and dilemmas are analyzed by participants.

ASHA: 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level

Professional Development Hours: 1.0 hr

This course must be watched in its entirety. In order to receive the CMH or the CEU certificate, a quiz is required to be completed with 80% success.

Financial— Theresa Rodgers received an honorarium for this presentation from the Lavi Institute.

Nonfinancial— No relevant nonfinancial relationship

Theresa H. Rodgers is ASHA's 2020 President and a former government CAO. An SLP and special education consultant with more than thirty years’ experience in public schools, she has served as president of the Council of State Association Presidents and the National Council of State Boards of Examiners (NCSB), ASHA Vice President for Government Relations and Public Policy, and chaired the CFCC, ASHA Board of Ethics, and Louisiana licensure board. Theresa has provided NCSB’s training on ethical resolution for more than a decade, co-presented ASHA’s ethics webinar in 2016, the ethics Master Class at the 2019 ASHA Convention, and has presented on the topic at numerous national and state conventions.