Welcome to our COVID-19 resources page. The following links are designed to assist you with your current challenges presented by this pandemic. We hope that these resources will assist you in navigating through this difficult time. We will continue to update this page as resources are updated and new resources are available.

Please refer to the California Department Consumer Affairs Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board https://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/ for laws and regulations.

SLPAHAD Board

• COVID-19 Updates and FAQs

California Department of Education

• California Department of Education: Stronger Together- A Guidebook for the Safe Re-opening of California’s Public Schools 

Department of Health & Human Services

• Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf

Department of Developmental Services

• Regional Center Directives 
• Department of Developmental Services: Coronavirus Information & Resources

Public orders and information

• For up-to-date information on COVID-19 issues, including updates on the viruses spread and finding services such as disability or unemployment benefits, visit the state’s consolidated services page at https://covid19.ca.gov.
• For the most up-to-date public orders issued by the governor, please visit the governor’s newsroom at https://www.gov.ca.gov/newsroom.
• For the most up-to-date guidance on the COVID-19 virus for health care professionals and health care facilities, please visit the California Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 UPDATES webpage at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx.
• The California Department of Health Care Services, California Department of Public Health, and the Department of Managed Health Care have issued a joint bulletin providing guidance relating to non-discrimination in medical treatment for novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). This bulletin is available at https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Documents/COVID-19/Joint-Bullletin-Medical-Treatment-for-COVID-19-033020.pdf.

Department of Health & Human Services

• Department of Health & Human Services Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19

Center for Disease Control

• Clinical Care Guidance for Healthcare Professionals about COVID-19
• COVID search results
• Information for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Prepare your Small Business and Employees for the Effects of COVID-19
• Infection Control Guidance for Healthcare Professionals about COVID-19
• Back to School Planning: Checklists to Guide Parents, Guardians and Caregivers

American Academy of Audiology

• American Academy of Audiology: COVID-19 & Clinical Recommendations

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for general workplace precautions

ASHA

• ASHA Coronavirus/COVID-19 Updates
• COVID-19: ASHA Web Event Series on Service Delivery Considerations in Early Intervention
• COVID-19: ASHA Web Event Series on Service Delivery Considerations for Private Practice in Speech-Language Pathology
• ASHA Audiology Service Delivery Considerations in Health Care During COVID-19

• California Department Consumer Affairs Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board COVID-19 Updates and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 
• California Department Consumer Affairs Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board Telehealth Technology in California 
• ASHA California Telepractice Requirements for Audiologists & Speech-Language Pathologists 
• ASHA LeaderLive: Conducting Student Speech-Language Evaluations via Telepractice