About Advocacy for Speech Pathology
We are a clinician-led advocacy platform supporting speech language pathologists working to improve healthcare systems and protect quality patient care. Our community empowers specialists to influence policy changes while maintaining the highest standards of professional excellence.
Our Story
AdvocateSLP was started out of necessity! SLP practice owners know that grassroots efforts were needed to keep our profession strong and healthy.
Our work is rooted in a commitment to helping others. As barriers to care emerge, we are focused on addressing and removing them through advocacy.
Our organizations is led by Speech Language Pathologists who recognized the pressing need for advocacy. In response to limited access to professional letter-writing resources and timely information regarding critical changes such as CPT code updates, we established a dedicated platform to help protect patient care standards.
Our Values
Evidence-based advocacy
- Grounding our supporting efforts in clinical research and data.
- Prioritizing patient outcomes through validated policy methods.
Clinician collaboration
- Working directly with SLPs to ensure grassroots needs are accurately met.
- Fostering shared expertise across healthcare disciplines.
Transparency
- Keeping the community informed about policy and CPT code changes.
- Providing clear, actionable summaries of healthcare updates.
Inclusivity
- Supporting SLPs across all professional settings and experience levels.
- Ensuring advocacy efforts reflect the diverse voices of our field.