Our Mission

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To improve the quality of lives of individuals with disorders of communication, speech, language, voice, hearing, and swallowing.

We strive to:

  • Facilitate science, education, and clinical practice through international cooperation and collaboration;
  • Create and share knowledge, skills and information;
  • Provide a platform for international networking and advocacy.

Members across the globe

How We Work

IALP is a non-profit, non-political and nongovernmental global organization. The work of the organization is primarily accomplished by its members who volunteer their time and talents on the IALP Board of Directors and IALP’s Fourteen Standing Committees, with operational support and guidance from the IALP Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and additional part-time or consulting staff as needed.

IALP Officers and Board Members for the term 2022-2025

Officers

Executive Committee
President Brian B. Shulman, USA
President-Elect Tamer Abou Elsaad, Egypt
Vice-President for Communication Wiebke Scharff Rethfeldt, Germany
Vice-President for Finance Arlene A. Pietranton, USA
Vice-President for Education Fernanda Dreux, Brasil
Vice-President for Membership and Partnerships Kamini Gadhok, United Kingdom
Vice-President for Marketing and Development Maria Christopoulou, Cyprus

Executive Committee

President

Brian B. Shulman, USA

President-Elect

Tamer Abou Elsaad, Egypt

Vice-President for Communication

Wiebke Scharff Rethfeldt, Germany

Vice-President for Finance

Arlene A. Pietranton, USA

Vice-President for Education

Fernanda Dreux, Brasil

Vice-President for Membership and Partnerships

Kamini Gadhok, United Kingdom

Vice-President for Marketing and Development

Maria Christopoulou, Cyprus

Officers

Brian Shulman, USA

President

Tamer Abou Elsaad, Egypt

President Elect

Wiebke Scharff Rethfeldt, Germany

Vice-President for Communication

Arlene A. Pietranton, USA

Vice-President for Finance

Fernanda Dreux, Brazil

Vice-President for Education

Kamini Gadhok, United Kingdom

Vice-President for Membership and Partnerships

Maria Christopoulou, Cyprus

Vice-President for Marketing and Development

Vanessa Ebejer, Malta

CEO

Affiliated Society Membership

There are 3 types of membership of Affiliate Society, depending on the profile of the organization. Category A Society Membership: National organizations in communication sciences and disorders having individual members among their membership. Examples of this category are The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA ), Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)and The Egyptian Society for Phoniatrics and Logopedics. (ESPL) Category B Society Membership: Multinational, regional, or local organizations in communication sciences and disorders having individual members among their membership. Category C Society Membership: Multinational, national, regional, or local organizations in communication sciences and disorders comprised of Societies as their membership. When your National Society/Association wishes to join the IALP as an Affiliated Society, please fill in and send the Application Form for IALP Affiliated Membership below.

Please fill in and send the Application Form for IALP Affiliated Membership below:

We also need to receive (in English) your:

1. Mission Statement

2. By-Laws/Constitution and/or Regulations


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Student Membership

An individual enrolled for part- or full-time study for preregistration, undergraduate or postgraduate studies directly related to the field of human communication disorders and sciences at a formal education institution. Students must provide official evidence of enrolment at the time of joining the Association and/or registering for a congress/composium.

Individual Membership

On behalf of the IALP I would like to thank you for considering membership in our global organisation of professionals.