1999 State Clinical Achievement Award

Arkansas
Kathleen Roberts

Achievement: For establishing pro-active review procedures to access clinical and operational quality and compliance with standards and for assisting in the development and administration of preventive and remedial action plans to address quality assurance issues.

District of Columbia
Joan C. Payne

Achievement: For the publication of her book, Neurogenic Language Disorders: Assessment and Treatment- A Comprehensive Ethnobiological Approach, which focuses on neurogenic language disorders in adults using a unique contemporary ethnocultural perspective

Kentucky
Nancy B. Swigert

Achievement: For her work on the National Outcomes Measurements System (NOMS) for speech-language pathology and audiology which was designed to provide outcomes information to prove the effectiveness of services provided to clients/patients with communication disorders.

Louisiana
Emily M. Homer

Achievement: For organizing and implementing a school-based Swallowing Action Team (SWAT) designed to assure safe nutrition and hydration for students at risk for swallowing dysfunction during school hours.

New York
Rosemary Lubinski

Achievement: For aiding in the development of the Minimum Data Set (MDS), a comprehensive assessment instrument which assesses residents of nursing homes nationwide that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding with a goal of improving service delivery to the elderly.

North Carolina
Richard E. Shine

Achievement: For his role as teacher, researcher, colleague, and mentor in the area of fluency and articulation/phonological disorders, specifically in the areas of diagnosis and treatment for both children and adults.

Pennsylvania
Judith G. Farber

Achievement: For her research on a collaborative intervention program entitled Maximizing Academic Growth by Improving Communication (MAGIC), which was designed to examine how an integrative form of intervention in kindergarten and first grade can impact a studentÃ•s abilities in the classroom.

Virginia
Elizabeth R. Higgins

Achievement: For leading a delegation of speech-language pathologists to Russia and the Czech republic in order to promote professional growth and understanding and for conducting follow-up presentations and media publications for colleagues at the local, state, and national level.