Participation in a pre-professional organization Exposure to current information on the local, state, and national levels. Membership in the local chapter is independent of memberhsip in the national organization. . Membership in the national organization is separate from the membership in a local chapter. Neither is a requirement for membership in the other. It is highly encouraged.
Local membership is as educationally and personally valuable as national membership.
National membership gives students the opportunity to collect professional journals for the minimum cost and provides students with a discount to the registry cost of the national ASHA convention.