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From: Kevin Eldridge
Date: 10/10/01
Time: 12:14:32 AM
Remote Name: 66.19.37.156
I think that Bob is right on target. ASHA appears to have been "swallowed" up by the almighty reimbursable service. I always thought that I (as a Ph.D to be) was in a good position since many professors in our field are retiring. However, as Bob states, the data shows that many programs are not planning on replacing these positions with fluency people, but rather with something more reimbursable. I suppose that we fluency people must accept some responsibility for the state of our reimbursement, but I don't get the feeling that "my professional organization" has done much to help. To be fair to ASHA it may not be that they are driven by what can be reimbursement, but rather that the majority of speech pathologists treat what is reimbursable and then look after there own interests. Well, maybe I should stop here before I go on to offend someone : )
So what should we do? I think that the next leadership conference must focus on possible plans to deal with this very real problem that Bob has discussed.