State Education Action Team hits the road: Virginia, West Virginia clinicians participate in grassroots training. (Schools Focused Initiative).(Brief Article)

ASHA's State Education Action Team--developed under the focused initiatives for 2001-2003 to assist targeted states with salary supplement initiatives, caseload size reduction, and implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act--recently held grassroots training workshops for state speech-language-hearing association leaders in Virginia and West Virginia.

Joel Blackwell, a nationally recognized expert on mobilizing a grassroots effort and utilizing individual political power to influence legislators, conducted the day-long workshops. Members of each state's ...

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