Posted on 4/5/2018

New Training Center

Fondation Dora will support the Israeli Speech, Hearing, and Language Association (ISHLA) as it launches a new training program for Israel’s periphery regions.

According to Israel’s Ministry of Health, more than 10% of Israel’s 1.2 million children (0-9 years old) will require the assessment of an SLP/Audiologist, and 80% of those assessed will need intervention. But the discipline remains relatively unknown to the public and is especially underutilized in Israel’s outlying areas.

The ISHLA represents and provides guidance and training to Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists working with infants, children, and adults having speech, voice, language, communication, hearing, or swallowing disabilities. The new center—which will be specifically focused on Israel’s disadvantaged northern and southern regions—will create educational courses, conferences, and online skill-training support for both clinicians and parents to help children with developmental speech and auditory disorders.