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Continuing Education
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Earn ASHA and AAA CEUs in the comfort of your own
home in your own time, at your own pace, and, moreover,
at a price well below that of conferences and many
other journal CE programs!
Self-study programs are available using
three
journals:
- Seminars in Speech and Language (Thieme)
- Seminars in Hearing (Thieme)
- The Journal of Fluency Disorders (Elsevier)
To obtain CEUs through the self-study program,
you must do the following:
(1) Obtain the journal issue(s) you wish to read.
You are not required to subscribe to these journals
to participate in the CEU program, although you
must obtain access to the journal issues. We do
not provide copies of the journals. The journals
may be available through a local or university library.
Electronic subscriptions for Thieme journals are
also available for individuals and libraries.
(2) Complete the questions at the end of each issue
and fax or send them to the Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences. (see mail/fax information
below)
(3) Include the CEU handling charge with your submission. The handling charge covers issues from the same volume. Current rates are as follows:
- Journal of Fluency Disorders: $60 for 1-4 issues
- Seminars in Speech and Language: $40 for 1-2 issues, $60 for 3-4 issues
- Seminars in Hearing: $60 for 1-4 issues reported to either ASHA or AAA; $80 for 1-4 issues reported to both ASHA and AAA
Processing of your CEU questions and fees can be
by mail/check or fax/credit card for your convenience.
Our department staff will then grade your answers
and process your CEUs.
Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences
Attn: CEU Processing
Lefrak Hall, Room 0100
College Park, MD 20742
301-314-2023
NOTICE ON PROCESSING TIME
FOR CEU MATERIALS: Our goal for processing
all submissions is 24 hours. HOWEVER, please be
advised that we are located on a University Campus,
and that state-mandated holidays and breaks may
make it difficult to accomplish all submissions
within 24 hours, especially around the time of December
and March breaks, when our staff is reduced. In
addition, growing numbers of CE applicants attempt
to submit materials only days (sometimes hours!)
before their license renewals are due. Please be
advised that we CANNOT GUARANTEE that materials
will be marked, and certificates delivered, if they
arrive to us LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS before your filing
deadline. If you have a licensure deadline
or other emergency, YOU MUST notify us ahead of
time.
+ Seminars In Speech & Language
Seminars in Speech and Language is published by
Thieme. Each issue carries a varying number of CE credits, typically between .5 and 1.5 CEUs. The number of CEUs for any given issue is indicated in the information at the end of the issue, together with other filing information and the answer sheet. Each issue is eligible for self-study for
three years after its publication date. This journal
is available in two different subscription forms:
(1) half-annual subscription (two issues/year)
for $39 (2.0 CEUs possible) that are either adult-
or child-focused (your choice)
(2) annual subscription (four issues/year) for
$69 (4.0 CEUs possible)
To subscribe, contact Thieme
by:
- calling 1-800-782-3488 (USA only) or at 212-760-0888
(9-5:30 EST daily)
- Fax an order to 212-947-0108
- emailing
their Customer Service Representatives. Or
- visit their web
site to complete the online form
For a list of current year issue topics click
here.
PLEASE NOTE: Our CE providership
for Seminars in Speech and Language began in 2000.
Issues of the journals published before that time
were handled by another provider, and this prior
provider no longer processes submissions. We regret
that, due to ASHA CE requirements, we cannot process
any CE materials from another provider. If you
have questions about this, please contact the
ASHA Continuing Education Board for clarification
(continuinged@asha.org).
NOTE TO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTORS:
All Seminars in Speech & Language issues may
be purchased for class adoption at a discounted
rate of $10 per issue (10 copies minimum, delivered
to a campus store). Call Thieme for more information.
 Thieme is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for varying levels of CEUs, usually at the intermediate level and professional area. Specific credit and area information is provided at the end of each journal issue. ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
+ Seminars in Hearing
For the audiologists among you, CEUs are available
for both AAA and ASHA for the journal Seminars
in Hearing, published four times per year by Thieme.
Each issue carries a varying number of CE credits, typically between .5 and 1.5 CEUs. The number of CEUs for any given issue is indicated in the information at the end of the issue, together with other filing information and the answer sheet. Each
issue is eligible for self-study for three years
after its publication date. Seminars in Hearing is only available on a full subscription basis
for $79.
To subscribe, contact Thieme
by:
- calling 1-800-782-3488 (USA only) or at
212-760-0888 (9-5:30 EST daily)
- Fax an order to 212-947-0108
- emailing
their Customer Service Representatives. Or
- visit their web
site to complete the online form
For a list of current year issue topics click
here.
PLEASE NOTE: Our CEU providership
for Seminars in Hearing began in 2001. Issues
of the journals published before that time were
handled by another provider, and this prior provider
no longer processes submissions. We regret that,
due to ASHA CE requirements, we cannot process
any CE materials from another provider. If you
have questions about this, please contact the
ASHA Continuing Education Board for clarification
(continuinged@asha.org).
NOTE TO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTORS:
All Seminars in Hearing issues may be purchased
for class adoption at a discounted rate of $10
per issue (10 copies minimum, delivered to a campus
store). Call Thieme for more information.
 The
Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences at
the University of Maryland is approved by the
American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy
CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a
maximum of 4 CEUs per year. Academy approval of
this continuing education activity does not imply
endorsement of course content, specific products,
or clinical procedures.
Thieme is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for varying levels of CEUs, usually at the intermediate level and professional area. Specific credit and area information is provided at the end of each journal issue. ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
+ Journal of Fluency Disorders
We offer ASHA CEUs for the Journal of Fluency
Disorders (Elsevier Publishers, Inc). This is
a quarterly journal, consisting of research and
practice articles, reviews, etc. focusing on fluency
disorders. Each issue carries a varying number of CE credits, typically between .5 and 1.5 CEUs. The number of CEUs for any given issue is indicated in the information at the end of the issue, together with other filing information and the answer sheet.
Each issue is eligible for self-study for three
years after its publication date.
The personal subscription rate is $176 for four
issues. Subscription may be obtained by calling
Elsevier toll-free at 1-888-4ES-INFO. Further
information regarding subscriptions, contents,
and viewing journal articles online in full-text
version through Science Direct is available at
the Elsevier
website.
PLEASE NOTE: International
Fluency Association members can obtain this journal
at an incredible discount: if you join the IFA
for $85, you will receive JFD as part of your
membership. You can join IFA
and subscribe at the IFA home page.
Journal of Fluency Disorders is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for varying levels of CEUs, usually at the intermediate level and professional area. Specific credit and area information is provided at the end of each journal issue. ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
+ How soon will I get my CE results?
We mark each test as it arrives, and notify you
immediately by e-mail (preferable, if you have supplied
one) or by surface mail, along with a certificate
indicating successful completion of the activity.
Our goal for processing
all submissions is 24 hours. HOWEVER, please be
advised that we are located on a University Campus,
and that state-mandated holidays and breaks may
make it difficult to accomplish all submissions
within 24 hours, especially around the time of
December and March breaks, when our staff is reduced.
In addition, growing numbers of CE applicants
attempt to submit materials only days (sometimes
hours!) before their license renewals are due.
Please be advised that we CANNOT GUARANTEE that
materials will be marked, and certificates delivered,
if they arrive to us LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS before
your filing deadline. If you have a licensure
deadline or other emergency, YOU MUST notify us
ahead of time.
+ What is the criterion for passing?
You must answer 80% of the questions correctly to
pass the journal activity. If you do not answer
enough questions correctly, we will notify you immediately
and give you additional opportunities to answer
the questions that you missed. Please note: We do
not write the questions; they are submitted by journal
authors (in other words, please don’t kill
the messenger if you need to retake questions).
If you have concerns about the nature of questions
or answers that are considered correct, please let
us know, and we will pass this information on to
the journal editors.
+ When is my activity considered complete?
You will receive a dated certificate (delivered
as e-mail attachment or by surface mail), indicating
the specific date that we marked your CEU forms.
This date is the one you may use in reporting to
state and local agencies when reporting your annual
CEU activities.
+ When are my results reported to ASHA (and AAA for Seminars in Hearing)?
If you are a member of the ASHA or AAA registry,
we will send your CE reports to these organizations
on a quarterly basis. CE activities are currently
reported to the registry on March 15, May 15, September
15, and December 15th.
+ Why are scores reported quarterly?
CE registries such as ASHA’s typically require
that a continuously ongoing activity, such as journal-based
CE, file on a few selected dates each year, rather
than continuously. While we send YOU continuous
and immediate confirmation of your activities to
use in state and local reporting, your results may
take a few months to show up on the ASHA registry.
Your CEs are considered earned when we notify you,
not when they are later posted to the registry.
That is why we send you an individual confirmatory
certificate right after you complete each issue.
+ Please remember to give us your ASHA or AAA number!
The CE registries that we report to, ASHA and AAA, require some way to identify you. For ASHA, we need either your ASHA number or your social security number. For AAA, we need your AAA number. This is to ensure that there are no mix-ups or delays in getting your activity posted accurately to the registries.
+ Please explain the costs of the journal activity:
The CEU handling charge is paid once per journal volume and applies to any of the journals that we administer (currently, Seminars in Hearing, Seminars in Speech and Language, and Journal of Fluency Disorders). This means you pay this charge once to complete the activities in any particular volume, regardless of the calendar year that the activity is completed in. For example, you may pay $60 for participating in the 2005 quarterly issues of the Journal of Fluency Disorders. For this price, you may complete all four issues, for 5.0 CEUs, or only a portion of them. Unfortunately, if you do not complete all four issues, we do not refund a portion of your registration fee. Also, you may not mix journal years. If you do activities from both the 2005 and 2006 volumes of a journal, for example, you must submit two separate registration forms and fees. Charges cover our paperwork in getting the issue approved for CE credit, processing your test questions, issuing you a certificate of completion and sending your paperwork to appropriate registries.
Our processing charges are much lower than those
of most other journals for the numbers of CEUs
you may obtain and are a tremendous savings over
onsite conferences and workshops. However, processing
and registry reporting of journal CEUs is very
paper intensive and does require us to charge
you appropriately.
+ Can I still receive credit for issues from the previous years?
YES. Each journal issue is approved for three years
of CE activity. For example, all 2004 issues of
our journals are available for CE study until 2006.
However, when you complete a 2004 issue in 2005,
your CE completion date will show as 2005, the date
you completed the activity, not the date of the
issue.
+ Can I still receive credit for prior issues in the volume I am reading?
YES. You may register and pay the annual charge
at any point (even in December!), and then complete
any of the journal year issues, in any order.
+ Who should I contact with further questions?
There are a number of ways to contact us if you
have a question about your CE activities. The best
and fastest way tends to be e-mail, which we monitor
virtually 24/7, regardless of University schedules.
You may contact Nan Ratner ( nratner@hesp.umd.edu)
if you have questions or wish to inquire about the
status of submitted activities. You may also fax
us at 301-314-2023, or call at 301-405-7361 and
leave a voice mail. To facilitate
us, please be sure to indicate your full name, the
Journal you are self-studying, the issue number
you are inquiring about, and the nature of your
question. We will return your query promptly.
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