Speak Up

Happy Speech Pathology Week! In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn explores this year’s Speech Pathology Week theme, “Communication is everyone’s right” with Professor Sharynne McLeod, from Charles Sturt University. Sharynne would like to extend her gratitude to Gail Mulcair (SPA CEO), Gaenor Dixon (2019 SPA President), Belinda Hill (2019 SPA Vice President) and Jess McLeod for sharing her UN...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats with Dr Susan Ebbels, Speech Therapist and Director of the Research and Training Institute at Moor House School and College, UK. Susan speaks about her intervention approach for school aged children and young people with a Developmental Language Disorder - the Shape Coding System. The DLD self-paced learning package mentioned in this episode can be...

In this week’s episode, Matt Ernst, Queensland Principal Clinician for Speech Pathology at Better Rehab, speaks with Rob Wong, from Control Bionics, about using voice banking with people with MND. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future. We recognise that the health and soc...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats to Dr Abi Thirumanickam, lecturer in the School of Allied Health Science and Practice at the University of Adelaide. Abi speaks about using video based intervention with adolescents and adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay r...

In this week’s episode, Brooke Goodyear, from the Early Career Reference Group, speaks with SPA’s Stacey Baldac and Trish Johnson about the issues involved in working within a transdisciplinary model of clinical practice. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future. We recognis...

In this week’s episode, Leah Paice from the Vic Branch Professional Education committee speaks with Dr Robyn O’Halloran, Discipline Lead of Speech Pathology at La Trobe University. Robyn chats about her assessment tool for speech pathologists and other healthcare professionals working in acute and rehabilitation hospitals – the Inpatient Functional Communication Interview (IFCI). Speech Pathology...

In this week’s episode, CYMHS speech pathologist, Kristen Potts, speaks with Dr Elizabeth Woodcock, founder, director and principal Clinical Psychologist from the Selective Mutism Clinic in Sydney. Elizabeth explores the assessment and intervention approaches used when working with a child with Selective Mutism, as well as how speech pathologists and psychologists can collaborate in working with t...

In this week’s episode Speech Pathology Australia CEO, Gail Mulcair speaks with CEO of the Older Persons Advocacy Network, Craig Gear. Gail and Craig explore the ways speech pathologists can advocate to support the human rights of older Australians with communication and swallowing difficulties, and discuss the views of both OPAN and SPA on the Government’s response to the Aged Care Royal Commissi...

In this week’s episode, Speech Pathology Australia's National President Tim Kittel speaks with ASHA President Dr Lynn Williams about the key learnings for the speech pathology profession from navigating the COVID-19 global pandemic. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future....

In this week’s episode, Emeritus Professor Lindy McAllister speaks with Associate Professor Sally Hewat from the University of Newcastle. They discuss her international work in the Asia Pacific region. Sally is the 2021 Elizabeth Usher Memorial Award recipient. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elde...