Speak Up

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...

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...