Welcome to Systems Literacy 101. In this episode, we step out of the social media noise and into the architecture of speech-language pathology, tracing how authority moves from accreditation to certification to licensure, and where responsibility begins and ends.
We explore:
- Why accreditation (CAA) and certification (CFCC) were legally required to separate (and what that changed).
- How ASHA’s leadership structure evolved, including why academic representation dominates and why executive stability is often cited as exceptional.
- Why state licensing boards (not national associations) hold the only enforceable regulatory power.
- How the interstate compact is stress-testing existing structures and quietly embedding national standards into state law.
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