Iowa Speech-Language Services ASHA National Outcomes Measurement System (NOMS) Report, 1997-1998, March 1999

(1999) Iowa Speech-Language Services ASHA National Outcomes Measurement System (NOMS) Report, 1997-1998, March 1999. Education, Department of

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Abstract

Iowa speech-language pathologists (SLPs) participated in a field test data collection project, the National Outcomes Measurement System (NOMS), for the American Speech Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) that began October 1, 1997, and ended April 15, 1998. This project was possible through the combined efforts of SLPs in the field, the supervisor/lead SLPs in each area education agency (AEA), the Iowa state consultant of speech-language services, and ASHA. The following report indicates the tremendous amount of work Iowa SLPs contributed to this national project. Iowa SLPs should be commended for being the largest group of professionals to provide entry and exit data for this type of treatment outcomes data collection information. Although this was a six-month project, participation has provided many links to expanding Iowa's yearly state data report. The project has answered questions for data that needs to be collected as well as data that does not need to be collected.