SHAA Award Information

2025 Award Nominations are now being accepted for the categories listed below. Nominees must be a SHAA member. Nominations are due by December 1, 2024.  To nominate, please fill out the form HERE.

AAC Achievement Award: presented to an individual who has distinguished herself/himself in the daily use of alternative/augmentative communication.

AAC Professional Award:  presented to the individual who has distinguished herself in the area of AAC through contributions of awareness and/or training in the use of AAC. 

Distinguished Service Award:  presented to individuals, agencies, businesses or organizations in recognition of significant and sustained contributions to the association that have resulted in an obvious improvement/increase in the association's ability to serve its membership.

Distinguished Clinical Achievement Award: presented to an individual who has distinguished herself/himself in the area of clinical accomplishment.

Loretta G. Brown Annual Award: presented to an individual who has had a long and distinguished career in the provision of services and the support of speech-language pathology and/or audiology in the schools.

Honors of the Association: presented to an individual whose contributions to the discipline of human communication sciences and disorders has been of such magnitude that her/his impact on the discipline and the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology through clinical practice, teaching, research, administration, and legislative activity are recognized throughout the professional community.