In this week’s episode, Lauren Fletcher, Senior Speech Pathologist at Epworth Rehabilitation and Mental Health in Melbourne speaks with Dr Jade Dignam, Speech Pathologist and Postdoctural Research Fellow at Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC).

Jade explores her current research into the Comprehensive High-Dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT) program.

If you would like any further information about the CHAT program, please use this email address:

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

In this week’s episode, Bethany Wilson, Speech Pathologist in private practice in Western Australia, speaks with Mark Elsing. Mark shares his personal experience of living with dysarthria post-stroke and provides some interesting insights into being a consumer of speech pathology services.

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Senior Advisor – Justice, Mary Woodward, chats to four members of South Australia’s Youth Justice service – Melissa Saliba (Speech Pathologist), Larissa Ashton (Speech Pathologist), Chris Galimitakis (Psychologist) and Luke Francis (Occupational Therapist).

Melissa, Larissa, Chris and Luke explore their multidisciplinary approach when working with young people in the youth justice system.

Please follow this link to access information about the screening assessment project at Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre mentioned in the episode:

https://dhs.sa.gov.au/services/youth-justice/disability-screening-assessment-project

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Senior Advisor for Disability, Amy Fitzpatrick, chats with Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Head of Speech Pathology at the University of Technology Sydney and Project Lead of the “Co-creating Safe and Enjoyable Meals for People with Swallowing Disability” project. Bronwyn explores the project and resulting co-designed and co-created training program.

To access the Enjoy Safe Meals website run by Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, please follow this link:

https://enjoysafemeals.com/

To access the allied health professional scoping review survey, please follow this link:

https://redcap.link/MealtimeAssistance

To access the free NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission online training module on Safe and Enjoyable Meals, please follow this link:

https://training.ndiscommission.gov.au/

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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, Bridget Forrester, Rebecca Reinking and Melinda Hull.

Follow this link for information about the Lifeline X SPA: Accidental Counsellor PLUS online course to be held in November 2022 (member log in required):

https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/speechpathologyaust/2567-lifeline-x-spa-accidental-counsellor-plus-nov-2022

Follow this link for the Black Dog Institute website:

https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/

Follow this link for the RUOK Day website:

https://www.ruok.org.au/

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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 Australia”.

Follow this link to access Laura and Lindsay’s award winning paper from the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (member log in required):

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2020.1730966

Follow this link for information about the Speech-Language Pathology and Palliative Care Special Interest Group (member log on required – scroll towards the bottom of the page):

https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Resources_For_Speech_Pathologists/Non_SPA_Resources/Special_Interest_Groups/SPAweb/Resources_for_Speech_Pathologists/Non_SPA_Resources/Special_Interest_Groups.aspx?hkey=c1a0adee-4577-45e1-9c1e-31ee203f2789

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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 Research and Evaluation Network (UCSF) = https://sirenetwork.ucsf.edu/

• Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care (NASEM) = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK552597/

• WE CARE (Garg et al.) = https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25560448/

• Reframing parenting (Parenting Research Centre) = https://secure-web.cisco.com/1zfQffL2awucZ4PuYfAjb_AHFhBFiBklgaMNBUjNeloT6R4LCc53yA2i8o99YIrUpuEWMmOftFSB_VAsupZKWCDkG4lMbo1wsOacTxGNPDF7NQRtQf7lQccAaSUjxJitTahVTB2rrbHGRDoGOnU3Rslfx2C4jHsREsZY-akHAxdACLnmWwEuQR3fgd0qjvpaFg-a0r16Lb-G8Los_CYGj0GJqWmvSLhshMW77G6CS7aFzlhkQXwMFSC7Sn7mlvq7HPTej3ysKwLAV4kYpWpRtuZjtRZze9PGATfQ0fuqdO-3MG5Y5fuCRFM_C1vOTg0o2f-EhYStpV_kzyk9F4s78C7objeCzhHtUJKLNdMoEZE_TjXA4L1uR7HxKGlxbxqm1WOHnTs_oUvGPEbGHAfG--smpRrh5ceq0s-ZS9mgx_mZyOwZlvnI_nQoNOFIWtByUIdD5DU_as2xFZ8oI_isCLB0VG4w8pt28yTEa6n1MvlQ/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentingrc.org.au%2Fprograms%2Freframing-parenting%2F

• OASIS Framework (Gurewich, Garg & Kressin) - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32076989/

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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.

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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/Members/Ethics/Advertising/SPAweb/Resources_for_Speech_Pathologists/Advertising/Advertising.aspx?hkey=bb42be19-1006-46c2-a9c1-9fdfff1dd3f7&WebsiteKey=fc2020cb-520d-405b-af30-fc7f70f848db

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 Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.