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Child Language , Communication Disorders/history , Psychotherapy/history , Child , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , IsraelABSTRACT
The paper describes the major features of doctoral curricula in the United States for speech-language pathology, speech, language, hearing science and the AUD degree in audiology. Critical shortages in doctoral personnel in the United States, factors that are considered to be contributing to the problem of shortages and actions that have been recommended for reshaping the future of doctoral education are also discussed.
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Audiology/education , Audiology/trends , Curriculum , Education, Graduate/organization & administration , Education, Graduate/trends , Speech-Language Pathology/education , Forecasting , Humans , Students/statistics & numerical data , United StatesABSTRACT
The definition of treatment outcomes, its interpretive limitations, and the need for this type of information are discussed. The activities of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA's) Task Force on Treatment Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness and the development of the National Outcomes Measurement System for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (NOMS) are reviewed, with an emphasis on the NOMS: K-12 (Education) component. How outcomes data can be used and the challenges its collection presents in school settings are also discussed.
