Attract, Prepare, Retain Resource Database

In 2019, ASHA hosted a town hall on the need to expand the school-based SLP workforce through innovative strategies and solutions.

This resource collection provides an overview of the challenges surrounding the school-based SLP shortage as well as resources related to the recruitment and retention of school-based SLPs.

This page aims to help increase the retention of school-based speech-language pathologists and audiologists by highlighting exemplars from States and districts that have successfully implemented models of increased compensation for personnel.

These two pages present briefs, videos, scholarship information and other resources aimed at attracting prospective students to pursue a career in occupational therapy.

AOTA’s Pediatric Fellowship Programs aim to increase the retention of occupational therapists by providing training programs that advance the knowledge and skills of licensed occupational therapists in focused areas of practice.

These guidelines are intended to serve as a tool for building a comprehensive infant and early childhood mental health system by creating a shared framework for in service provider preparation as well as professional development.

In 2020, The Ohio Related Services Workgroup identified role ambiguity as a primary barrier to attracting personnel to pursue careers in related service professions. To address this, the Ohio Department of Education created these resources to attract prospective candidates to related service professions by providing clarity on the roles and responsibilities of various school-based related services such as audiologists, occupational therapists, school nurses, school psychologists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists.

Minnesota Low Incidence Project offers tuition support for individuals pursuing certification in the areas of Blind Visually Impaired (BVI) and Physical/Health Disabilities (P/HD)

Iowa’s Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Grant supports innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health service providers that serve both general and special education students for employment in schools and LEAs in rural Iowa.

Delaware’s Comprehensive Induction Program (CIP) provides comprehensive support to novice educators and related service providers, including school nurses, school counselors, and school psychologists, during their first four years in the field.

This program aims to address the shortage of school nurses by matching new school nurses with expert mentors who provide onsite or virtual mentoring during their first year working in a school. Additionally, mentors receive ongoing professional development throughout the course of the program.