Speak Up

In recognition of RUOK Day on Thursday 8th September, four members of SPA’s Early Career Reference Group – Brianna Tuckerman, Vivienne Hui, Davina Lo and Julie Sax – explore sources of stress and burn out in speech pathology and how to manage it at four different points along the speech pathology career journey – student, early career, mid-career and later-career. The group chat to Brittany Fong,...

In this week’s episode, Lisa Terry and Samantha Bradley, Senior Speech Pathologists from Monash Health, speak with Dr Laura Chahda, from the University of Melbourne, and Dr Lindsay Carey, from La Trobe University. Laura and Lindsay explore the role of speech pathology in palliative care through the lens of their award winning paper “Speech-language pathologists and adult palliative care in Austral...

In this week’s special Speech Pathology Week episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn takes you around Australia to hear from members of our wonderful Speech Pathology community. 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...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Senior Advisor - Mental Health and Trauma, Laura Caire, speaks with Anna Kearns and Lauren Hamill from Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. Anna and Lauren explore the importance of routine screening and onward referral for families who have unmet basic needs. Please follow the links for resources mentioned by Anna and Lauren in the episode: • Social Interventions Re...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats to Eliza Galvin and Louise Philpott, Senior Speech Pathologists, about their role supporting auctioneers attending the Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association (ALPA) training program with their voice and presentation skills. A number of members of ALPA also generously speak about their perspective of working with Speech Pathologists. Sp...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn speaks with Dr. Renato Ulpiano, Co-founder of Ladybug House and Director of the Little Bugs Foundation charity. Ren explores his recent doctoral research into online systems for rating health professionals. For information about SPA’s advertising policy, please follow this link (member login required): https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Me...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats to Larney Lamers, Psychologist from Mullum Road Psychology Clinic, and Gen Ward, Senior Speech Pathologist, Animal Assisted Therapist and Director of The Speech Express. Larney and Gen explore a number of important clinical considerations when working with people with ADHD. Keep an eye on the Speech Pathology Australia Learning Hub for details about...

In this week’s episode, Kristen Potts, private speech pathologist, explores four AAC case studies across the lifespan with experienced speech pathologist and AAC enthusiast Amanda Hartmann. Amanda is a lecturer at the University of Queensland, a consultant with AssistiveWare and runs her own private practice, 4 Little Monkeys, in Brisbane. Keep an eye on the Speech Pathology Australia Learning Hub...

In this week’s episode, the SPA Ethics Team – Trish Johnson, Nadia Marussinszky and Kelly Williams – chat about the responsibility all speech pathologists hold when interacting online in the digital world. Please refer to this link to access the SPA FAQs about testimonials mentioned in this episode: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Resources_for_Speech_Pathologists/Advertising/Te...

In this week’s slightly longer episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn speaks with Dr Kieran Flanagan, Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator of Speech Pathology at Australian Catholic University in Queensland. Kieran explores three current research papers in the area of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Murray, E., Iuzzini-Seigel, J., Maas, E., Terband, H., & Ballard, K. J. (2021). Differential diagnosis of child...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn speaks with Dr Maria Lathouras, speech pathologist and Project Manager at the Autism Hub, Department of Education – Queensland. Maria explores some key considerations in regards to reading assessment and intervention for primary school aged students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. For further information about Maria’s upcoming Speech Pathology Australia...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn speaks with Kate Pollard, Senior Speech Pathologist, Director of Melaleuca Therapies situated in Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, and member of the FASD Hub Australia. Kate chats about the speech pathology role when working with people with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Please follow this link to access the FASD Hub Australia: https://www.fasdhub.org.au...

In this week’s episode, Matthew Ernst, Speech Pathologist and Regional Manager – Better Rehab in Queensland, speaks with Dr. Cath Gregory, Speech Pathologist and lecturer, from the University of Technology Sydney. Cath chats about the speech pathology role when working with people with a Functional Neurological Disorder. For further information about the Functional Neurological Disorder Society pl...

In this week’s episode, Kate Broderick, Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Director of Spot Therapy Hub in Sydney, chats all things paediatric feeding with Carly Veness, Speech Pathologist and founder of Babble and Munch Speech Pathology. Carly speaks about responsive feeding therapy, the importance of infant mental health in paediatric feeding and her own paediatric feeding journey. T...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Senior Advisor for Disability, Amy Fitzpatrick, speaks with the Autism Assessment Team at Melton Health – Dr Mandira Hiremath – Paediatrician, Joanne Romell – Speech Pathologist, Claire Thorpe – Occupational Therapist and Alex Charalambous – Clinical Psychologist. The team explore how their ASD consensus team works to achieve assessments consistent with the “National...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats with Rosie Miller, SPA Professional Standards Advisor, and Tara Lewis, SPA’s Senior Advisor for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy and Practice. Rosie and Tara explore the upcoming changes to Speech Pathology Australia’s Certification Program. Please refer to this link for more information on the Certification program, including the Cert...

In this week’s episode, Arielle Cassian, member of the Early Career Reference Group, chats with Nathan Cornish-Raley, SPA Professional Support Advisor, and Claire Salter Parry, Speech Pathologist and Clinical Services Manager at Umbo: Online Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy. Nathan and Claire explore the ethical, responsible and sustainable use of telepractice within a national and intern...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn speaks with Professor Gail Gillon, founding director of the Child Well-being Research Institute at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Gail is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Speech Pathology Australia conference. She explores the Better Start Literacy Approach and gives an insight into her upcoming keynote address. It is not too...

In this week’s episode, Helen Saunders, Deputy Manager – Speech Pathology and Dietetics at Epworth Rehabilitation and Mental Health in Melbourne, speaks with Annabelle Vaughan, Senior Speech Pathologist at Gold Coast Health and PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. Annabelle explores her current research into the use of physical rehabilitation when working with people with a central facia...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Senior Advisor – Justice, Mary Woodward, speaks with Jacqui Learoyd, Lead Speech and Language Therapist at Her Majesty’s Prison - Berwyn, UK. Jacqui explores the role of speech pathology within an adult prison. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats with Dr. Jo Watson, speech pathologist, researcher and lecturer from Deakin University. Jo is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Speech Pathology Australia conference. She explores how the conference theme “Beyond Borders” relates to people with complex communication needs and provides a sneak peek to her conference keynote address. Registrations for...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn explores how a transdisciplinary model can be applied in early intervention with part of the transdisciplinary team at Fit Kidz Foundation – Ellen Witzlsperger, Clinical Psychologist and Service Director, Anwyn Yap, Lead Speech Pathologist, Danielle Schembri, Lead Occupational Therapist, and Dalar Ghougassian, Speech Pathologist. For more information plea...

In this week’s episode, Lauren Fletcher, senior Speech Pathologist at Epworth Rehabilitation and Mental Health, chats with the 2022 Elizabeth Usher Memorial Award recipient, Professor Miranda Rose, Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation at La Trobe University. Miranda explores how speech pathologists can apply a biopsychosocial framework to impro...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn speaks with Robyn Stephen, Director and Principal Clinician at Melbourne Child Development, and Speech Pathology consultant at Melbourne Paediatric Specialists. Robyn chats about the speech pathology role in an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnostic assessment. Please follow this link to access the “National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Auti...

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats to Rebecca Reinking, paediatric Speech Pathologist from ATUNE Health Centres and “Adventures in Speech Pathology”. Rebecca shares her clinical expertise when working with the minimal pairs approach. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, prese...