MembershipWhy Should You Be a SCSHA Member? You may be asking, "Why should I join/rejoin SCSHA this year?" Below are just of the few ways SCSHA has helped the profession in the past year. Check out the highlights in pink. 1. Members-Only Website Section: Members only sections include job postings, newsletters, resources, and a new Member Benefit site. New in 2024 Members: We are excited to announce our new partnership with TicketsatWork! You have access to exclusive savings on theme parks, hotels, concerts, movie tickets, & more. More information coming soon! 2. Advocating for Change: We advocate on behalf of our members in private practice, schools, early intervention, and medical settings and consistently work toward improvements in reimbursement and removing barriers to accessing care. Our SCSHA leadership meets with policy makers at the highest level to promote legislative and policy change for the good of patients served by SC SLPs and Audiologists, with the help of a lobbyist. Want to know what happened in 2024? Find out here. 3. Lots of CE Opportunities: You will find a list of association events on our website, I hope that you will go ahead and mark your calendar now, so that you don’t miss anything. Thanks again for your membership investment with SCSHA again this year. In 2024, we offered more than 27 CE hours (2.7 ASHA hrs) including Ethics and Supervisory hours and DEIA hours. We are also happy to be partnering with Hanen to make even more CE available to our members! In 2025, we will be increasing our CE virtual offerings to better meet our member's needs. You will also see events from reciprocal states coming soon! 4. New Partner Program: This year, SCSHA is proud to announce our new Partners Program. This program was created to provide a means for organizations to market themselves to SLPs and Students! In 2024, we had 2 partners sign up for this program! Gold Partner: Carolina Therapeutics and Bronze Partner: MUSC College of Health Professions 5. Variety of opportunities to stay involved, allow your voice to be heard, and network: SCSHA offers multiple committees and leadership development programs for members to stay involved, provide input, and gain valuable skills. Click the link below to learn more about our different committees. We appreciate and value our members, and this is the perfect way to get your voice heard and involved! View our list of committees here. All of our committees were hard at work last year with 73+ committee members serving on 8 active committees. We have also added a new Assistants Advisory Council! 6. InTouch Newsletters: Our quarterly In-Touch Newsletters contains valuable information such as legislative updates; continuing education and other workshops; convention previews and reminders; and professional updates, including current issues and practices on various topics. Viewership increased again in 2024 by 26%! 7. Inclusive Holiday Calendar Available to Print: Our VP of DEIA is still busy creating monthly holiday calendars that are available for download to all of our members on the Resources webpage! 8. Awards & Scholarships: Don’t forget as a member to take advantage of our awards & scholarships opportunities. All nominations for our awards are due by December 31 as are our submissions for the Foundation Student Scholarship & the Sharonda Coleman-Singleton Memorial Scholarship. In 2024, 5 Awards and 2 scholarships were given! 9. Social Media Information & Recognition:If you are on social media, please go on and like our Private Group (members only) & Public Pages on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts. The hyperlinks are below. We post regularly on all our social media platforms so please follow along with us. 10. Remember We Have Advertising Opportunities: Remember as a member, you have several ways to advertise with SCSHA if you haven’t done so in the past. If you are interested in an Event/CE Posting, Banner Ads, E-Blast or have a Job Posting you would like for us to help advertise, you can click here for more information. In 2024, we posted more than 4 jobs and had over 1500 views on our Job Posting webpage! 11. Statewide Socials!: Meeting and networking with fellow SLPs, SLPAs, and students is also a vital part of the profession! SCSHA is offering free socials to meet the members in your area! Non-members who are interested in learning more about the association are also welcome! Want more information or interested in hosting a social? Contact our VP of Membership and Outreach! In 2024, we have had statewide socials!There is one scheduled for next week! View details here. 12. SCSHA Swag: Want to rep SCSHA? Did you know in 2024 we launched an online store? Check it out! Thank you for your support! Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions |