As an SLP, I was so frustrated with the mandates placed on me working in the schools and spoke out about the harms. I wrote many letters to politicians and those in ASHA (the American Speech and Hearing Association), shared the Urgency of Normal Toolkit and was beyond frustrate with the responses or lack there of. I was told that there was no data to show that it impacted language learning or communication and I argued that's because we would never do a study based on something that we know would cause harm, such as masking children! Children need to see faces while learning to communicate, especially those in therapy. Sadly, we will be feeling the impact of all the unscientific mandates for years to come...
It's bitter how much easier it was to close the classrooms--how little "process" was required for that to happen--than it's been to simply meet with government people and petition them for changes to orders like this one, let alone make the changes happen.
Speech therapy in a mask is beyond oxymoronic. Good for her!
As an SLP, I was so frustrated with the mandates placed on me working in the schools and spoke out about the harms. I wrote many letters to politicians and those in ASHA (the American Speech and Hearing Association), shared the Urgency of Normal Toolkit and was beyond frustrate with the responses or lack there of. I was told that there was no data to show that it impacted language learning or communication and I argued that's because we would never do a study based on something that we know would cause harm, such as masking children! Children need to see faces while learning to communicate, especially those in therapy. Sadly, we will be feeling the impact of all the unscientific mandates for years to come...
Thank you for speaking out! You are a hero!
It's bitter how much easier it was to close the classrooms--how little "process" was required for that to happen--than it's been to simply meet with government people and petition them for changes to orders like this one, let alone make the changes happen.