The ANCDS Board of Residency Education (BRE) is extremely pleased to announce that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Pittsburgh Post-Graduate Speech Pathology Residency Program has been awarded ANCDS Board of Residency Education accreditation, effective December 1, 2025. Congratulations to the staff and leadership of this exemplary clinical training program on achieving this honor. As part of accreditation the program will submit annual reports to the BRE and apply for reaccreditation in 2029.

Name: Emily Goldberg, M.S., CCC-SLP
Program of Study/Year in Program: Doctoral Student
University: University of Pittsburgh
ANCDS Fellow Mentor: Mili Mathew, Ph.D.
Area(s) of research, teaching, and/or clinical interest: Impact of sleep-dependent consolidation and other memory and learning processes on post-stroke aphasia treatment response

Dear ANCDS Members,

Supporting Older Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Live Broadcast:

Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST

Hearing the Patient's Voice: Cases with Speech Pathology and Palliative Care

Live Broadcast:

Friday, October 31, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 PM CDT

Dear ANCDS Members,

Dear ANCDS Voting Members,

The mission of the ANCDS Board of Residency Education (BRE) is to assure quality and promote excellence through accreditation of residency programs in speech-language pathology that serve individuals with neurologic communication disorders.  To achieve the mission, ANCDS BRE established standards for accreditation of a clinical speech-language pathology residency program in neurogenic communication disorders.  Information about the BRE and these standards can be found under the BRE tab.

Dear ANCDS Voting Members,

The ANCDS Communications Committee wants to highlight members like YOU and your work on our social media accounts! Please email your submission to [email protected].

The Honors Committee for the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) welcomes nominations of current members of ANCDS for the 2025 Honors of the Academy and the 2025 Early Career Excellence Award.

Learn more about both opportunities below.

Dear ANCDS Board Members,

By Travis Threats, Ph.D., ANCDS Member

By Tom Sather, Aphasia Access Past President

Name: Claudia Raines, M.S., CF-SLP
University: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

REDI Self-Study Course

ANCDS Race, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Self-Study: Freedom of Discomfort

Course Materials Available: March 1, 2025
Course Materials Expire: December 31, 2025

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Course Description:
This self-study addresses perceptions of race, equity, diversity, and inclusion (REDI) within and outside of communication disorders. It also allows participants to reflect on their implicit biases and how this self-work will have a transformative influence on their work as clinicians, researchers, or leaders as they become an antiracist ally.

2024 Annual Scientific Meeting Lecture Recordings

Culturally Responsive Interventions in Neurogenic Communication Disorders