Speak Up

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...

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...