Multicultural Committee

Committee Co-Chair & Board Liaison Deena Foster, MS, CCC-SLP, MPH	Committee Co-Chair Melissa Silva MS, CCC-SLP	Board Liaison & President-Elect Susane Dardeir, EdD, CCC-SLP

The Multicultural Committee’s goal is to raise awareness of multicultural issues related to the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology. The committee works to increase knowledge of appropriate assessment and treatment procedures for culturally and linguistically diverse populations (CLD).

Committee Meetings

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Current Committee News

The Multicultural Committee (MC) has ongoing student symposium presentations at several universities this spring to educate future audiology and speech-language pathology students about cultural humility, identifying and addressing personal and systemic biases, and understanding how cultural factors may affect service delivery.

MC members from Saint Elizabeth University recorded a podcast discussing topics such as definitions of bilingualism, multilingual assessment, and ways to promote bilingual services. This recording is available for viewing on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/YgR4lkqh4So?si=4lIhQ5iz2l9g7jY1 

MC launched a Professional Learning Group meeting on Monday, March 30th. It focuses onexchanging resources and having conversations about evaluating and treating multilingual and diverse groups. Next meeting is tentatively scheduled for September 28, 2026.

Past Committee News

April 2026
February 2026

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