Please join us for this informative and useful webinar and/or recorded presentation.
Location: Live webinar with recording available for two weeks after the event date, (as soon as the recording is available on May 2, through May 16, 2026). ASHA CEUs and clock hours available for attending or watching the entire event.
Presenter: Dua Sharma, MA, CCC-SLP, C/NDT
Cost:
$89 for WSLHA Members
$129 for Non-Members
ASHA CEUs:
$10 for Members
$15 for Non-Members
Refunds: Cancellations made at least 3 days before the event will receive a full refund, minus a $3 processing fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made after this deadline.
Satisfactory Completion: In order to be reported for ASHA CEUs, OSPI Clock Hours, and receive a WSLHA course Certificate of Attendance, each registrant MUST register, attend or attest to viewing the entire course session, and complete the learner outcome assessment and course evaluation within two weeks of the course.
Registration will close on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 12:00 pm PST
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Registrants: Please indicate any special needs during registration for which you would like accommodation.
Biography - Dua Sharma, MA, CCC-SLP, C/NDT:
Dua Sharma, MA, CCC-SLP, C/NDT, is a speech-language pathologist with more than 10 years of experience across skilled nursing, outpatient, and pediatric settings. She previously served as a Rehabilitation Director in skilled nursing facilities, where she supervised interdisciplinary therapy teams and mentored Clinical Fellows as they transitioned from graduate training to independent clinical practice. Her supervision experience spans multiple practice environments, including both adult medical and pediatric settings.
Dua has presented at the Washington Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention and published peer-reviewed research in communication disorders. She is an alumna of the ASHA Leadership Development Program and a recipient of multiple ASHA Awards for Continuing Education.
She is currently taking a professional pause from full-time clinical practice, where she is putting her mentorship skills to work guiding her most important trainee yet—her five-year-old.
Dua enjoys translating clinical theory into practical strategies that help clinicians grow in confidence and improve patient outcomes.
Clinical supervision is a critical skill for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who support the development of student clinicians and Clinical Fellows. This course will provide practicing SLPs with practical tools and frameworks to strengthen their clinical teaching and supervision skills.
Participants will explore key principles of adult learning, common adult learning styles, and methods for self-assessing their effectiveness as clinical instructors.
The course will introduce the experiential learning cycle and the taxonomy of educational objectives to help clinicians design meaningful learning experiences. Participants will learn how to write clear behavioral learning objectives and apply evidence-based clinical teaching methods to support skill development in students and Clinical Fellows across a variety of practice settings.
Additional topics will include structuring supervisory interactions to promote ongoing learning, identifying supervision resources and regulatory requirements available through ASHA and the Washington State Department of Health, and providing both formative and summative evaluations. Strategies for addressing exceptional or problematic performance will also be discussed.
This course is designed to help SLPs develop structured, supportive supervision practices that promote professional growth and high-quality patient care.
Agenda:
9:00 – 9:15 am (15 minutes) Welcome and Course Overview
9:15 – 9:40 am (25 minutes) Principles of Adult Learning
9:40 – 10:05 am (25 minutes) Experiential Learning in Clinical Education
10:05 – 10:25 am (20 minutes) Educational Objectives and Learning Design
10:25 – 10:40 am (15 minutes) Break
10:40 – 11:10 am (30 minutes) Designing Clinical Learning Experiences
11:10 – 11:35 am (25 minutes) Evaluation and Feedback
11:35 – 12:05 pm (30 minutes) Managing Exceptional or Problematic Performance (includes breakout activity: small-group discussion of supervision scenarios)
12:05 – 12:15 pm (10 minutes) Resources and Wrap-Up
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
Describe principles of adult learning, adult learning styles, and the experiential learning cycle as they apply to clinical supervision in speech-language pathology.
Formulate measurable behavioral learning objectives and design clinical learning experiences for student clinicians and Clinical Fellows.
Apply clinical teaching methods, supervisory processes, and formative and summative evaluation strategies to support trainee learning and address exceptional or problematic performance.
Event Disclosures: None
Instructor: Dua Sharma is a speech-language pathologist and a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Washington Speech-Language-Hearing Association (WSLHA). She also volunteers on the WSLHA Continuing Education Committee. She is an alumna of the ASHA Leadership Development Program and has professional experience supervising Clinical Fellows and student clinicians in both adult medical and pediatric practice settings. Her clinical supervision and mentorship experiences inform the perspectives presented in this course. Dua does not represent ASHA, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH), or any regulatory agency in this presentation.
Dua Sharma reports no relevant financial relationships to disclose related to the content of this course.
WSLHA will send a link to the recording, which will be available for 14 days after the workshop to all registrants (as soon as the recording of the live event is ready).
Intermediate Level – 0.3 ASHA CEUs
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures. There will be a 15 minute break that cannot be applied toward CEUs.
WSLHA charges a processing fee of $10.00 for ASHA CEUs ($15.00 non-members).
OSPI Clock Hours – 3.0 hours. OSPI clock hours available through ESD 113 by registering at https://www.pdenroller.org/ prior to the event from ESD113. Fees may apply.
ASHA CEUs must be purchased separately and in addition to the course registration fee prior to the event. OSPI clock hours must be purchased separately prior to the event from the ESD 113. You still must register and pay for the course through WSLHA.
Resolution of Complaints: WSLHA is committed to providing high-quality Continuing Education (CE) programs and encourages participants to submit written complaints within 3 days of program completion to office@wslha.org. Complaints will be reviewed promptly and a response outlining any resolutions or corrective actions will be provided within 5 business days.
