PUBLIC NOTICE OF UPCOMING RECERTIFICATION OF

ACCREDITATION REVIEW VISIT BY THE COUNCIL ON

AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION,

ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION IN AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY (CAA/ASHA)

The Mary Frances Early College of Education Communication Science & Disorders (CMSD) program wishes to announce that it will host a site visit for continuing accreditation of its CMSD/Speech Language Pathology program by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

You are invited to meet with the site visit team and share your comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled at 4:30p.m., on November 14, 2024 in Room 531 of the Aderhold Building located on the University of Georgia campus at 110 Carlton Street, Athens, Georgia.

Individuals who wish to provide input about our program reaccreditation may do so in two ways:

(1) submitting written comments prior to the accreditation site visit in accordance with the procedures specified below or

(2) attending and providing comments at a public meeting during the program’s scheduled site visit.

All comments provided must:

• relate to a program’s compliance with the published Standards for Accreditation of Graduate Education Programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (Standards) in effect at the time comments are submitted, and
• identify the specific program seeking candidacy, initial accreditation, or reaccreditation with the CAA.

Comments not meeting these requirements will not be considered, and the individual or group commenting will be so notified.

You may submit comments to:

Accreditation Public Comment Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and

   Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

2200 Research Boulevard, #310

Rockville, MD 20850

accreditation@asha.org