Co-Sponsorship of Continuing Education (CE) Activities

Co-sponsorship events must meet ASHA's Requirement #3: Transparency in Course Planning, Delivery, Marketing. The focus of all events must be scientific and professional education, not product or service promotion. The organization offering the activity must obtain disclosure forms from all planners and presenters and properly disclose financial and In-kind support in promotional material. In addition proper disclosure(s) must be stated during the event. Please contact the WSHA office as soon as you begin planning your event so we can assist you with the necessary ASHA requirements. Required documents must be received by the WSHA office no later than 90 days prior to the event. Please note the ASHA fee for co-sponsored activities will be increasing to $400 for events submitted to ASHA on or after January 1, 2021.

Policy

The Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA) will individually administer co-sponsorship of CE activities that meet ASHA required guidelines. Co sponsored events must meet the following criteria in order to be considered:

• Disclosure forms must be received from all planners and presenters to properly disclose financial and in-kind support in promotional material. In addition proper disclosure(s) must be stated during the event.
• Events must not compete with WSHA events and therefore approval is at the discretion of the WSHA Executive Board.
• Events that are approved by the WSHA Executive Board can be advertised on the WSHA website.
• Organizations submitting requests to co sponsor continuing education activities must be Affiliate members of WSHA. Click here to join as an Affiliate member. 
• Organizations must pay $400 ASHA processing fee.
• Organizations must pay $500 WSHA processing fee.
• All events and topics must conform to ASHA guidelines for professional or related content. Speaker must possess professional qualifications.
• The focus of the activity must not be for the sale of a specific product. Resources for continuing education presenters and planners can be found on the ASHA website.

Below are guidelines, documents and examples of
forms needed to CE Events:

• Approval Worksheet (Word)
• Co-sponsorship Guidelines (pdf)
• Disclosure Form (pdf)
• Resources for CE Presenters and Planners
• Writing Learner Outcomes 
• Recommendations for Infusing Evidence Into CE Course Content
• Subject Codes 
• Instructional Levels (page 143)
• Assessment of Learning and Evaluation (pages pdf 38-40)

Please note: In order for WSHA to review and submit courses that meet the ASHA guidelines, the above documents must be received by the WSHA office no later than 90 days prior to the activity.

The necessary forms and payment can be sent to the following address:

Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association
563 Carter Court, Suite B
Kimberly, WI 54136