Course curriculum

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    Course content

    • PowerPoint

    • Ethical Considerations for Working with Deaf Children

    • Quiz

    • Evaluation

    • Continuing Education Credits

Course information

Course description: This presentation will cover the concepts behind ethics and how they apply to speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) and other professionals’ work with Deaf children. Connections to ASHA’s Code of Ethics will be made. It will review ethical considerations related to oralism, cochlear implantation, and language deprivation. Case samples of Deaf students will be reviewed to highlight ethical concerns and make recommendations for practice. Finally, considerations for providers and their practice will be discussed, including suggestions for actionable steps.


Agenda:

10 minutes: Beneficence, nonmaleficence, and autonomy and Deaf children

15 minutes: Ethics and oralism

20 minutes: Ethics and cochlear implantation

20 minutes: Ethics and language deprivation

10 minutes: Case samples that highlight ethical concerns

15 minutes: Considerations for providers


Learner outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Define the concepts of beneficence, nonmaleficence, and autonomy

  2. Explain how professionals can take action against ethical concerns

  3. Describe at least one ethical consideration when working with Deaf children

Instructor(s)

Kimberly Ofori-Sanzo

Dr. Ofori-Sanzo is a speech-language pathologist and the founder of Language First. She received her B.A. in Psychology and in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Vermont in 2010, her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Gallaudet University in 2012, and her Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology (SLPD) in 2022. She is also a board-certified specialist in child language (BCS-CL) through the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders and has 9 years of experience working at a school for the Deaf.

Speaker disclosures

Financial disclosure: The presenter is the owner and founder of Language First and is receiving payment for this course.

Nonfinancial disclosure: The presenter is a member of the American Speech and Hearing Association and the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders.

Continuing Education

This course is offered for 0.15 ASHA CEUs. *This course satisfies the ethics requirement.