Speak Up

In this week’s episode, Dr Jo Watson, Speech Pathologist and Course Director for the post-graduate Disability and Inclusion course at Deakin University, hosts a panel of experts exploring the importance of speech pathologists considering oral health in their clinical practice – Professor Hanny Calache from La Trobe University and Deakin University, Dr Jenny Gibney from Nepean Hospital, Ms. Michell...

In this week’s episode the SPA Ethics Team – Trish Johnson, Kelly Williams and Nadia Marussinszky - chat about two topical ethical issues: contracts and professionalism. Please follow this link to access the “Riding the wave of stress: recognising and managing stress” self-paced learning package mentioned in this episode: https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/speechpathologyaust/2137...

In this week’s episode, Stephanie Mills, Tasmanian branch Professional Education Coordinator, speaks with Professor Mark Onslow, Foundation Director at the Australian Stuttering Research Centre. Mark explores his current research into the psychological characteristics of early stutterers and their parents. Please follow this link to access the article discussed in this episode: https://www.tandfon...

In this week’s episode, Gaylea Fritsch, Vic Branch Professional Education committee member, chats with Chris Payten, Advanced Speech Pathologist at Gold Coast Hospital and PhD candidate at the University of Sydney. Chris explores his current PhD research in the area of voice disorder classification and implementing a primary telehealth assessment model for voice disorders. Chris’s telehealth study...

In this week’s episode, Mary Woodward, SPA’s Senior Advisor – Justice, speaks with the managers of the intermediary program in three jurisdictions: Laura Cilesio (ACT), Marita O’Connell (Tasmania) and Dr. Lucy Knox (Victoria). Laura, Marita and Lucy explore how intermediaries enable people with communication needs to give their best evidence in police interviews and court, the benefits and challen...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats with Vince Borg, Principal Speech Pathologist and Orofacial Myologist from Box Hill Speech Pathology Clinic. Vince explores the speech pathology role in working with people with an orofacial myofunctional disorder. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to El...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Senior Advisor for Aged Care, Kym Torresi, speaks with Dr Anna Farrell, Director of Speech Pathology at Princess Alexandra Hospital, and Shana Taubert, senior speech pathologist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Anna and Shana share their extensive expertise in working with people with a progressive neurological disorder. Speech Pathology Australia acknowled...

In the final episode of 2021, SPA’s Anneke Flinn takes a look back at some of the memorable conversations featured on Speak Up over the year. Speech Pathology Australia wishes everyone a sensational summer filled with lots of relaxation and joy! See you in 2022. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Eld...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats with Angela Kinsella, Consultant Speech Pathologist for Australia and New Zealand at Pearson Clinical. Angela explores the importance of looking beyond standard scores to gain a greater understanding of the functional impact of results obtained by children on the CELF-5. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, se...

In this week’s episode, Speech Pathology Australia’s Ethics Team – Trish Johnson, Nadia Marussinszky and Kelly Williams – discuss the impact of stress on professional communication and potential complaints. 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 heal...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats with Amy Graham, speech-language pathologist, founder of Graham Speech Therapy and co-author of the Bjorem Speech Sound Cues for Lateralisation. Amy provides her clinical insights for successfully working on lateral /s/. For further information about Amy and her work, please refer to Amy’s website: https://www.grahamspeechtherapy.com/ Speech Patholo...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Adult and Aged Care Project Officer, Nikki Gearon, speaks with Professor Alison Mudge, clinical lead of the Eat Walk Engage program, and Narelle O’Connor, speech pathologist and Eat Walk Engage program facilitator. Alison and Narelle discuss the Eat Walk Engage program and its role in improving care and health outcomes in older patients in acute care. For further info...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn speaks with Tessa Weadman, paediatric speech pathologist and PhD candidate at La Trobe University. Tessa chats about the clinical applications of her research study looking at the classroom-based shared book reading strategies used by early childhood teachers, and how these can be developed to better support the oral language and emergent literacy skills...

In this week’s episode, Indu Jacob, member of the WA Professional Education committee, chats to Rachelle Robinson, Senior Speech Pathologist in Head and Neck Oncology at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. Rachelle explores the role of a speech pathologist in adult tracheostomy management. Refer to Speech Pathology Australia’s Learning Hub for details of Rachelle’s upcoming Live Online event. Sp...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats to Cathy Basterfield, speech pathologist and founder of Access Easy English. Cathy explores how speech pathologists can consider Easy English in written documentation provided to clients, families and consumers. Cathy’s website is: www.accesseasyenglish.com.au Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and wate...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Simone Arnott speaks with Rich Stephens, speech-language therapist and President of SAY: Australia. In recognition of International Stuttering Awareness Day on the 22nd October, Rich explores how SAY: Australia uses creative expression to support the personal growth of young Australian’s who stutter. Rich can be contacted on the following email address: rich@sayaustra...

In this week’s episode, Davina Lo, from the Early Career Reference Group, chats to SPA’s Cori Williams about the “Planning Your CPD” resource. 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 social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres S...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Senior Advisor for Aged Care, Kym Torresi, chats with Dr. Melanie Wroth, geriatrician and Chief Clinical Advisor at the Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Melanie speaks about the speech pathology role in ensuring quality care for residents of aged care, including the responsibilities of speech pathologists within the Serious Incident Response Scheme...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats to Dr Sarah Verdon, Discipline Lead and Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology at Charles Sturt University. Sarah explores the current best practice when working with children who are multilingual, and also touches on the current Australia-wide Speech Pathology shortage. Please email Anneke for the reference list detailed in this episode:...

In this week’s episode, Leah Paice, from the Vic Branch Professional Education committee, chats with Dr. Caroline Baker, postdoctoral research fellow at the Aphasia CRE and Research and Clinical Practice Lead in the Speech Pathology Department at Monash Health. Caroline speaks about the mental health considerations when working with a person with aphasia. To request the reference list mentioned in...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats to Nicki Joshua, Research Director at Pearson Clinical. Nicki explores the key considerations involved in completing a standardised paediatric assessment using Telepractice. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future. We recogni...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn hosts a panel discussion with four of our newest Speech Pathologists – Mikayla Power, Elisha Bullen, Luke Oldmeadow and Bonnie Lang. Mikayla, Elisha, Luke and Bonnie explore their experiences with getting their first job, supervision, case allocation and burn out, and give their tips to next year’s new graduates. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges th...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Adult and Aged Care Project Officer, Nikki Gearon, speaks with Jennifer Davis, Speech Pathologist and Advanced Allied Health Practitioner, from the Integrated Specialist ENT Service at Logan Hospital and Australian Catholic University. Jennifer talks about the speech pathology role in a “First Point of Contact” clinical model in an integrated ENT service. Speech Patho...

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...