May
is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
MAY MONTH announced and CASLPA
award winner congratulated in House of Commons by MP Brian Murphy
(Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe)
View
the UTUBE video
May is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month, the
one month in the year when thousands of professionals involved
with the
treatment of speech, language and hearing disorders come together
to participate in a public awareness campaign that encourages
early detection and prevention of communication disorders, and
seeks to increase the public's sensitivity to the challenges
faced by individuals experiencing them.
Throughout the month of May the Canadian Association of Speech-Language
Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA), and our more than 5,000
members - speech-language pathologists, audiologists and related
supportive personnel across Canada - will be hard at work raising
public awareness concerning their professions and the many issues
surrounding speech, language and hearing disorders.
- How Can you Celebrate May
Month?
- Utilize
the May Month Marketing Kit.
Material for use with local media/promotions. Includes media
release, publicity tips, celebration ideas, ad mats, public
service announcements, assorted fact sheets and feature stories,
poster, clip art sheet, photo gallery and much more.
Download
electronic files
Hard
copies of the kit can also be ordered for $1.00 each. Pre-payment
is required. Order from the Merchandise Catalogue included
with January Communiqué or from the online merchandising
section using the link below.
- If you haven't thought about celebrating yet…..take
the May Month Challenge!
- Here are some of the events
and activities being undertaken by your colleagues across
the country to celebrate May Month 2009
- Check out celebration
ideas from previous years.
- Let us know What's
Happening in Your Community - Add your event to the
list we're compiling to assist in responding to queries from
the media and general public.
- Submit a complete report
on how you celebrated May Month so we can highlight
your activities and photos in the July issue of Communiqué.
- Check out our
May Month Publicity Tips
for hints on how to handle the media
- The CASLPA Merchandise Catalogue
has great promotional items (bookmarks, activity sheets, pencils
etc.) to help you celebrate May Month. Order online or from
catalogue included with January Communiqué.
- Share your ideas of how we can celebrate
May Month. Send us your brainwaves and we might even list
them in next year's flyer. email your suggestions to pubs@caslpa.ca
or fax us at
(613) 567-2859 or submit your ideas electronically
on our submission form
ENJOY
THE CELEBRATION!!
