In this week’s episode SPA’s Anneke Flinn speaks with Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Professor Yvette Hyter from Western Michigan University. Professor Hyter explores the ways the speech pathology profession can be more culturally and linguistically responsive.

Professor Hyter is a keynote speaker at the upcoming 2021 Speech Pathology Australian Virtual National Conference.

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.

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn chats to Dr Rebecca Waring, lecturer from the University of Melbourne, about how executive function impacts the cognitive-linguistic profile of children with a phonological impairment. Rebecca explains how the cognitive-linguistic profiles of these children can be considered in phonological assessment and intervention.

Please email Anneke on the following email address to obtain the reference list mentioned in this episode: [email protected]

Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pays 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.

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 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.

In this week’s episode, SPA’s Cori Williams speaks with Associate Professor Marleen Westerveld and Rachelle Wicks, a PhD student from Griffith University. Rachelle and Marleen explore the findings from their research using eye-track technology to examine the visual attention to print versus pictures of preschoolers on the autism spectrum when engaged in shared book reading. They use their findings to explain why many preschoolers with ASD show excellent alphabet knowledge.

For more information about this research project, refer to the following YouTube clip: https://youtu.be/fgQDzKzlSNo

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.

In this week’s episode, SPA's Anneke Flinn chats to Emeritus Professor Karen Stagnitti, from Deakin University, about the importance of pretend play for language development.

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.

In this week’s episode, Anneke Flinn chats to Marina Hennes and Felicity Conlan. Marina and Felicity are school-based speech pathologists from Melbourne, and they discuss establishing and sustaining a thriving 'community of practice'.

You can contact Marina for more information via her email address: [email protected]

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.

In this week’s episode, Dr Samantha Siyambalapitiya, senior lecturer from Griffith University, speaks with Professor Swathi Kiran, Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and the Associate Dean for Research at the College for Health and Rehabilitation at Boston University. They discuss Professor Kiran's work in the area of aphasia, bilingual aphasia and brain plasticity. Professor Kiran is a key note speaker at the upcoming 2021 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference.

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.

In this week’s episode, Kym Torresi, Speech Pathology Australia’s Senior Advisor for Aged Care, and Nikki Gearon, Speech Pathology Australia’s Adults and Aged Care Project Officer, explore the findings from the recently released Aged Care Royal Commission final report from a speech pathology perspective.

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.

In this week’s episode, Tim Kittel, National President of Speech Pathology Australia, chats to Professor Andrew Whitehouse, researcher and leader in the field of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) both nationally and internationally (and a speech pathologist originally), about all things ASD.

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.

In this week’s episode, Jodie Rawson, South Australia Professional Education committee member, speaks with Professor Brigid McNeill, Speech Pathologist and Deputy Head - School of Teacher Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, about Speech Pathologists collaborating with classroom teachers to implement a tiered approach to early literacy development.