Continuing Education Credit at the ASHA Convention

How to Submit for Credit

The deadline to enter sessions from the 2019 ASHA Convention for continuing education credit, and to retrieve your Certificate of Completion, was December 1, 2019. Please contact the ASHA Professional Development team at ashaprofdev@asha.org if you have any questions.

To receive credit and earn ASHA CEUs or professional development hours, you must enter your activities in the ASHA Learning Center. This is also the only way to obtain a Certificate of Completion. You may enter your activities after each session, or you may enter all your activities at once after the Convention is over.

Keep a record of the sessions you attend. You will need each session's four-digit session number.
No later than December 1, 2019, login to the ASHA Learning Center and follow the instructions provided to enter your sessions.
Once you have finished the reporting process, you will be able to print your Certificate of Completion.

Activities must be entered and finalized no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, Sunday, December 1, 2019. If you need a record of the activities in which you participated—or think you may need a record in the future—you must report for credit by December 1.

Everyone should follow this process—including ASHA members, students, Clinical Fellows, audiology and speech language pathology assistants, and nonmembers. It is the only way to officially document your attendance and participation at this event. You do not need to join the ASHA CE Registry to document your CE activities using this process. If you have questions about submitting for CE credit or need assistance with reporting your sessions, please contact the ASHA Professional Development team at ashaprofdev@asha.org.

There is a non-refundable $50 fee to initiate an appeal if you do not report by December 1, and appeals are adjudicated individually by the Continuing Education Board and may not be granted. Per ASHA's Scientific and Professional Education Board, as of June 1, 2016, appeals will be accepted only for 6 months from the published reporting/completion date for the program.

How much CE credit can I earn at the 2019 ASHA Convention?

The maximum credit you can earn at Convention, including ticketed pre-Convention sessions and special activities on Wednesday, November 20, is 32 PDHs (3.2 ASHA CEUs). The maximum, not counting pre‑Convention activities, is 28 PDHs (2.8 ASHA CEUs). View the breakdown of how much credit you can earn each day and how to do so.

Who is eligible for continuing education credit?

If you are registered for Convention, you are eligible for CE credit. Students, SLP and audiology assistants, clinical fellows, and nonmembers are all encouraged to apply for credit. The type of credit you are eligible to earn depends on your profession. See sections below on Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and ASHA Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

What are ASHA CEUs, and who is eligible to earn them?

ASHA CEUs, widely recognized by state licensing boards and other authorities and accepted as demonstration of continued professional development for maintenance of the ASHA CCC, are awarded by ASHA's Continuing Education Board through the ASHA CE Registry. One ASHA CEU (1.0 ASHA CEU) is awarded for 10 hours of continuing education activity.

You are eligible to earn ASHA CEUs if you are any one of these:

ASHA member, Life Member, or International Affiliate
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) holder
Licensed or credentialed by a national, state, or provincial regulatory agency (e.g., a state board of education) to practice speech-language pathology or audiology
Clinical Fellow supervised by an individual holding the ASHA CCC
Currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral program in speech-language pathology or audiology

Eligible persons must join the ASHA CE Registry to receive ASHA CEUs. Joining the Registry is optional. If you are eligible to earn ASHA CEUs, but choose not to join the Registry, you may receive professional development hours (PDHs).

What are PDHs, and who is eligible to receive them?

PDHs are an alternative unit of measure of continuing education activities. Anyone who is registered for Convention is eligible to receive PDHs. One PDH equals 1 hour of continuing education. PDHs for the ASHA Convention count toward ASHA certification maintenance. Check with your state license board to learn whether PDHs will count toward state license renewal. Whether you are earning ASHA CEUs or PDHs at Convention, you follow the same reporting procedures and deadlines.

What sessions count for credit?

Any Convention session that has a 4-digit session number carries CE credit. Ticketed pre-Convention education events, such as symposia and workshops, are considered part of Convention for continuing education purposes, and you claim credit for them in the same way you claim for other Convention sessions.

If there is no 4-digit session number, the session carries no CE credit. Activities that do not carry CE credit include:

Opening General Session
Awards Ceremony
Exhibits and Career Fair
Caring Square community service activities
Committee, Board and Council meetings
Graduate School Fair and NSSLHA activities

How are my CE credits calculated?

The number of credits you earn is determined by the duration of the educational sessions you attend. Your total hours are converted to PDHs or ASHA CEUs. Both PDHs and ASHA CEUs are rounded down to the nearest half hour. So, if you spend a total of 16 hours and 45 minutes in education sessions, you will earn 16.5 PDHs or 1.65 ASHA CEUs.

You must attend sessions in full in order to claim credit for them. The system will not allow you to claim credit for two sessions that overlap in time according to the program. See the Poster Sessions section for more information on how Poster Session credits work.

The time equivalents of each session type are:

Short Courses: 3 hours
Master Classes: 2 hours
2-hour seminars: 2 hours
1-hour seminars: 1 hour
Technical Research and Technical Clinical sessions: 30 minutes
Hands-on Labs: 30 minutes
Posters: 15 minutes
Pre-Convention events: Variable depending on event time

Poster Sessions

To earn credit for posters, you must visit them during the 90-minute period indicated in the program when the presenting authors are present to discuss their work. Each poster counts for 15 minutes, even if you spend more time. You may claim up to six posters in each 90-minute time block. You may claim credit for posters you visit between other education sessions, provided the visit occurs during the 90-minute period indicated in the program.

Exhibitors

Exhibitors using one of their company's complimentary full Convention registrations are eligible to attend sessions and earn continuing education credit. Exhibitors using an Exhibit Hall-only badge are not eligible to attend sessions or earn continuing education credit.

Presenting Authors

As a presenting author, you may claim your Convention session for credit, earning the same amount of credit as a participant. In the case of poster sessions, this is 15 minutes. We are not able to award credit for the time you spend preparing your presentation or poster.

How to Submit for Credit

To receive credit and earn ASHA CEUs or professional development hours from the 2019 ASHA Convention, you must enter your activities in the ASHA Learning Center. The ASHA Learning Center link will be posted on this web page on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. This is also the only way to obtain a Certificate of Completion. You may enter your activities after each session, or you may enter all your activities at once after the Convention is over.

Keep a personal record of the sessions you attend. You will need each session's four-digit session number.
No later than December 1, 2019, login to the ASHA Learning Center and follow the instructions provided to enter your sessions.
Once you have finished the reporting process, you will be able to print your Certificate of Completion.

Activities must be entered and finalized no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, Saturday, December 1, 2019. If you need a record of the activities in which you participated—or think you may need a record in the future—you must report for credit by December 1.

CCC Maintenance

ASHA CEUs or PDHs accrued at Convention will count toward CCC maintenance, provided you are in your 3-year maintenance interval. Please note that if you were initially certified during 2019, your CCC maintenance interval begins on January 1, 2020.

Florida, Ohio and South Carolina Licensees and CE Broker

If you are licensed in Florida, Ohio or South Carolina, participate in the CE Registry and have provided your license number to ASHA, your ASHA CEUs from Convention will automatically be reported to CE Broker. You must participate in the CE Registry for your credit to be sent to CE Broker.

ASHA

This course is offered for up to 3.2 ASHA CEUs (Various levels, Professional area).

American Academy of Audiology (AAA)

ASHA Professional Development is approved by the American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a maximum of 3.2 CEUs. Academy approval of this continuing education activity is based on course content only and does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure, or adherence of the event to the Academy's Code of Ethics. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter/CE Provider and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.

To earn AAA CEUs, complete and turn in an AAA CEU participant form, available at any information booth. There is no charge by ASHA for this service.

AG Bell

ASHA and AG Bell are pleased to allow 2019 ASHA Convention attendees to request LSLS credits (for LSLS application or renewal) without a fee.