The primary purpose of DCDD is to promote the welfare, development, and education of infants, toddlers, children and youth with communicative disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Committee on Speech and Language Learning Disabilities in Children supports this work through its focus on the communication and learning needs of children across the age span who have speech, language, and learning disabilities.

How to Join
I would like to invite DCDD constituents to serve on this committee and participate in the committee's activities. The Committee is in the process of identifying points of contact within each state who are willing to act as a conduit of information regarding the Committee to other practitioners in their state. If you are interested in becoming an active member of the Committee, please contact me (see below).

Committee Responsibilities
· Provide recommendations for and prepare information to be included in the Division's publications and programs.

· Assist with the program for the annual CEC convention and other DCDD professional development activities.

· Help to develop an annual plan of activities related to speech, language, and learning

Where Can I Get More Information?
Division for Learning Disabilities
http://www.dldcec.org/

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org/

Contact Information
Chair, Diane Paul-Brown, Ph.D.
Director
Clinical Issues in Speech-Language Pathology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852

Phone: 301-897-5700 ext. 4297
Fax: 301-897-7354
E-mail: dpaulbrown@asha.org

Posted on 1/19/02 - National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities Action