"That's Unheard Of" is a simple resource for keeping up with cultural competence for your practice. The site was created to help you know what you don't know - to fill gaps in your soft skills and increase your hard knowledge when it comes to working with an increasingly diverse population.
Take a moment to reflect on your gender inclusivity. Responses are not intended to be an end point but rather to provide consideration on how to be inclusive. Self-reflection and learning are ongoing and components of cultural and clinical competence.
Communication sciences and disorders (CSD) professionals might have questions when working with transgender and gender-diverse individuals. The term gender-diverse is used throughout this page as an umbrella term that encompasses individuals who identify as transgender, nonbinary, or not cisgender.
The following provides guidance for appropriate practice in the professions and should not be considered an exhaustive source or a replacement for continuing education. The content in the webpage reflects a common understanding of language use in 2021. Language and culture are dynamic, and they shift over time. It is our individual responsibility to stay up to date on terminology and find out which terms our clients, patients, and students use.
Clients need to feel that they are valued and respected, and for gender-diverse clients, this often begins with the language used by health care providers. On this episode of the podcast, SLP Greg Robinson shares guidance on how to approach conversations on gender - including information on the "they/them" pronoun - and provides history and context for the conversation.
As visibility for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) folks increases, audiologists and SLPs may wonder how to ensure their practice is inclusive and affirming. This webinar explores culturally competent and inclusive care for gender diverse individuals. The course includes evidence-based practices, knowledge building about TGNC identities, strategies for maintaining safe spaces, and interactive case studies.
**Note: requires a subscription to ASHA Learning Pass to access full webinar.
Abstract: School speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are increasingly likely to serve children of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) parents or GLBT students as cultural and societal changes create growth in the population and increased willingness to disclose sexual orientation. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has a progressive nondiscrimination statement that includes sexual orientation as a protected status and strongly urges the membership to develop cultural competence as a matter of ethical service delivery. The purpose of this article is to describe cultural competence in relation to GLBT culture, discuss GLBT parent and student cultural issues as they are important in parent-school or student-school relations, and to provide suggestions for increasing sensitivity in these types of interactions. A list of resources is provided.
This post on the NSSLHA Blog is written by Connor Mahon, a member of the National NSSLHA's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Action (IDEA) Work Group.
Purpose: Instructors teaching courses on diversity issues in communication sciences and disorders do not typically or uniformly teach about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) culture. The purpose of this article is to provide readers with a detailed description of the importance, historical context, and pedagogical methods for integrating LGBTQ content and history into courses on diversity issues for speech-language pathology and audiology students.
Conclusion: Content on LGBTQ culture and history merits inclusion in the curricula for future health care providers given the backdrop of historic and continuing discrimination as well as persistent health disparities among LGBTQ-identified persons. This article provides one example of the instructional design of an LGBTQ teaching model, embedded into a required course on cultural and linguistic diversity for speech-language pathology students. This preliminary investigation revealed that learners responded positively to this content module, demonstrating interest and engagement as well as improved awareness and knowledge for better serving LGBTQ clients.
A few changes to paperwork and language can help everyone - including transgender and gender-nonconforming patients, clients, and students - feel safe.
L'GASP is the LGBTQ caucus of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and a caucus within the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professional (NOGLSTP).
When working on voice and communication with transgender and gender-diverse populations, it's important to align gender identity by working with both verbal and nonverbal communication.