MSHA 2025 Public Schools Virtual Conference




Calling all school SLPs! Come learn about the recently completed 2025 MSHA Guidelines for Speech & Language Evaluation, Eligibility and Service Delivery. Intermediate School Districts and Local Education Agencies (e.g., Districts, Public School Academies) may adopt all or parts of the guidelines for use in their own schools in an effort to systematize procedures and tools across SLPs, buildings, levels and populations served. Collective use of the guidelines will help to ensure consistency in implementation of school SLP roles and responsibilities (i.e., prevention, assessment, intervention, program design, data collection & analysis and compliance activities) across the state of Michigan. Learners may attend any or all sessions planned for our virtual conference on Oct 30, 2025. 
 
*ASHA CEs are pending granting organization approval.


Registration fees:
MSHA Member - FREE!
Student Member - FREE! 
Non-Member - $60
 
Registration is now open! 
REGISTER NOW!
 
Learning Objectives: 
  1. Access and interact with the 2025 updated guidelines document
  2. Overview the foundation and big ideas of SLP practice in Michigan schools as well as the frameworks for SLI entrance, exit and specially-designed instruction decision making for articulation, language, fluency and voice
  3. Understand how to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations for Michigan school SLP practice 
  4. Learn about evidence-based frameworks for SLI entrance, exit and specially-designed instruction decision making 
  5. Describe best practices in assessment and evaluation, including how MTSS and dynamic assessment may complement data collection for eligibility decision-making
  6.  Be able to locate intake forms and tools to support SLP work with students in schools
 
Financial Disclosure: MSHA Public Schools Committee Members, Diane Katakowski and Mallory Frank, will present these sessions. Diane is a full time employee of Oakland Schools and Mallory is a full time employee of Macomb Intermediate School District. They have not received any honorarium from MSHA. 
 
Timed Agenda:
8:30-9:30 amOverview of 2025 MSHA Guidelines for Speech & Language Evaluation, Eligibility and Service Delivery
15 min - Accessing and navigating the 2025 MSHA Guidelines document 
15 min - Legal, professional, & ethical foundations of school SLP practice 
15 min - Evaluation planning, special populations and assessment considerations 
              based on IDEA and MARSE requirements  
15 min - Finding forms and using entrance and exit criteria for IEP eligibility
9:45 - 10:45 amFoundation & Big Ideas
15 min- Professional practices and foundations of school SLPs in Michigan
15 min- Evaluation planning using RIOT framework 
15 min- SLI entrance and exit criteria for IDEA and MARSE 
15 min- Intervention planning and service delivery models
11:00 - 11:30 amSLI- Articulation
15 min- Legal requirements and evidence base relevant to SLI - Articulation 
15 min- Assessment practices, intervention planning and service delivery models for 
             SLI - Articulation   
12:30 - 1:00 pmSLI- Language
15 min- Legal requirements and evidence base relevant to SLI - Language
15 min- Assessment practices, intervention planning and service delivery models for 
             SLI - Language  
1:15 - 1:45 pmSLI- Fluency
15 min- Legal requirements and evidence base relevant to SLI - Fluency 
15 min- Assessment practices, intervention planning and service delivery models for 
             SLI - Fluency  
2:00 - 2:30 pmSLI- Voice
15 min- Legal requirements and evidence base relevant to SLI - Voice
15 min- Assessment practices, intervention planning and service delivery models for 
             SLI - Voice