Janet Brockman, M.S., CCC
Past President
Honors and Nominations Committee Chair

Do you know an outstanding clinician whose work you admire?  Do you know a leader who has a special spark that ignites those around him or her?  Is there a local clinician who has influenced your practice or contributed to our professional community for many years?  If colleagues come to mind, then I’d like to encourage you to nominate that person for recognition at the OSHA Fall Conference in Salem.  Please take the time to consider making nominations to OSHA for these awards. This is an excellent venue to recognize your colleagues who have done outstanding work and honors them in a unique way.

Honors of the Association

• This award is designated as a “lifetime achievement” award.  The intent of this award is to recognize an outstanding history of clinical practice in the field of speech-language pathology, audiology or education of the deaf/HOH.
• This award may also be used to recognize outstanding Advocacy or Program Sponsorship by an Agency or Organization.

Outstanding Clinician Award: Schools/ EI/ECSE

• Recognizes a speech-language pathologist, audiologist or educator of the deaf/HOH who consistently demonstrates outstanding clinical, advocacy or leadership skills in the public school system.  This award may recognize general clinical work or a specific, recent clinical achievement.

Outstanding Clinician Award: Clinics, Hospitals, Private Practice

• Recognizes a speech-language pathologist, audiologist or educator of the deaf/HOH in a clinic, hospital or private practice whom consistently demonstrates outstanding clinical, advocacy and/or leadership skills.  This award may recognize general clinical work or a specific, recent clinical achievement.

Award of Clinicianship

• Recognizes a speech-language pathologist, audiologist or educator of the deaf/HOH whose dedication to the field is reflected in strong clinical and/or leadership skills paired with compassion, empathy, humor and acts of support to colleagues and clients.  Beyond clinical skills- this person’s spirit touches and inspires those around them. This award may also be used to recognize an individual who has made a contribution to the profession in an unusual way.

Award of Outstanding Research or Teaching

• Recognizes colleagues whose published research or teaching (professional preparation or continuing education) has contributed to advancing clinical knowledge and/or practice in the fields of speech-language pathology, audiology or education of the deaf/HOH.

Award of Scholarship is from the faculty of each university program and is to recognize a graduate student entering into the second year of their program. 

President’s Award is given by the president and designed to award special recognition to an executive board member, committee chair or member of the association who provided exemplary service to the association. 

These nominations for OSHA recognition may also be submitted next year for ASHA awards including the Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement, Rolland J. Van Hattum award for service in the schools, or the Frank R. Kleffner Career Award.

IT’S SO EASY!  1, 2, 3!

1.  COVERSHEET

1. Title of the award for which the nomination is made.

2.  Nominee Information: name, professional title, affiliation and mailing address.

3. Individual Submitting Nomination: name, title, address, daytime phone, fax, email address.

2.  NOMINATION

4. A description of the nominee’s specific professional contributions or attributes for which s/he is being nominated.  Include a statement of the impact and significance of these skills or activities as they related to the award.

5. Include a resume of the educational and professional activities of the nominee (if available).

6.  Nominations for Honors of the Association must include a brief biographical introduction of the nominee, summarizing his or her educational and career activities.

3.  LETTERS OF CO-SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT

7. Attach THREE letters of co sponsorship of the nomination from speech-language             pathologists, audiologists, educators of the deaf/HOH or related professionals. Up to two additional with letters of support of the nomination by non-members may be included.  These letters may include a statement of support from a beneficiary of services (or his or her parent), when appropriate.

PROCEDURES FOR NOMINATION FOR OSHA AWARDS:

Any member or non-member of the association may submit a nomination for OSHA awards.

All nominees for OSHA awards must be members of OSHA with the exception of agencies or organizations recognized with Honors of the Association.

Nominations should not be made known to the nominee prior to their election.

With exception to the student scholarship and President’s award, to be elected, the nominee must have participated in the profession for no less than five years and have made an outstanding contribution as defined by the award for which they are nominated.

No member may participate as sponsor and/or cosponsor for more than one nominee in any calendar year.

All submissions will be reviewed and determined by and affirmative vote of four members of the Nomination and Honors Committee comprised of regional representatives, past honorees and past presidents of the association.
Submit the following information to the Chair of the Nominations and Honors Committee: Janet Brockman, M.S. CCC, c/o OSHA  PO Box 2042 Salem, Oregon 97308.  Deadline for submission is August 1, 2008.

Please submit nomination on a typed, single spaced document not to exceed one coversheet, two pages plus three letters of co-sponsorship of the nomination by members of the association.

This year’s OSHA Nominations/Awards Committee members are Janet Brockman, Carol Clupney, Patrick Beste, Pamela Camfield and Janet Lambert.  If you have question, contact Janet Brockman at 503-494-2741 or at brockman@ohsu.edu.