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Evidence-Based Practice Committee

The Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) committee of ISHA acts to inform and educate members and the public on Evidence-Based Practice.  This includes evolving views on EBP, skills and resources for overcoming barriers to effective implementation, and practical ideas for incorporating all elements of EBP in clinical decision-making.

2024-2025 Roster

  • Thomas Giza, Co- Chair
  • Valerie Heneghan, Co-Chair
  • Mary Bacon
  • Victoria Reynolds
  • Allison Bouma
  • Maria Yakos
  • Sandra Shigetomi-Toyama
  • Eileen M. Brann
  • Emily Wang
  • Lisa LaGorio
  • Laurel Teller
  • Katie Gurklis

2024-2025 Committee Goals

  • Provide an article for each ISHA VOICE newsletter: In response to input from membership indicating most interest in topics related to language disorders, the articles this year will adhere to a language disorders evaluation and/or treatment theme. Each article will address evidence-based practice.
  • A short article review will be submitted monthly for dissemination via ISHA social media. Each committee member is to prepare one review. Each review will address evidence-based practice.
  • The EBP Committee will propose a seminar for the 2025 ISHA convention regarding the interpretation of statistics, particularly the interpretation of common statistics in journal articles. This topic was suggested by an ISHA member in response to the survey sent out by the EBP committee.
  • The EBP Committee would like to add two to three new members. Specifically, members working in EI or the schools are needed. Current committee members are reaching out to colleagues to meet this need.
  • The EBP Committee will continue to endeavor to answer ISHA members’ question relating to evidence-based practice