Student Kaitlin Davey speaks with Claire Zhang about Advocacy Portfolios, working in the field of Cleft Palate, and the popularity of Australian-trained Speech Pathologists working overseas.

In this episode, Maree Brown interviews Speech Pathology Australia's new National President, Tim Kittel. They discuss Tim's new role as well as Speech Pathology Week 2019.

In this episode, Professor Pamela Snow talks about the role speech pathology plays in oral language skills and vulnerability in childhood and adolescence.

In this episode, Emily Jackson, Associate Professor Suze Leitao, and Dr Mary Claessen talk about their research in children with DLD. The discussion is based around their presentation at Speech Pathology Australia's national conference in Brisbane, “Fast mapping short and long words in children with DLD: Examining the influence of phonological short-term memory and receptive vocabulary”.

In this week's episode, Michelle Brown talks about her research into how reading with babies impacts literacy, language, and numeracy skills at 8-9 years.

This week, we hear from Jenny Baker, who talks about spelling development, assessment and intervention.

In this episode, Josephine Deng from SPA's early career reference group interviews Harmony Turnbull about her research on communication accessible reporting in clinical practice.

In this week’s episode, Dr Sharon Smart and Dr Mary Claessen discuss the topic, “Don’t snip for speech: Speech production and tongue movements in children with tongue tie”.

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In this week’s episode, Mary Woodward, SPA’s senior advisor of justice and mental health, talks with Ben Grimes.

Welcome to Speak Up, the Speech Pathology Australia podcast. This podcast series highlights conversations with esteemed contributors in the speech pathology space. We explore key issues in the profession, in a short and easy to listen to format.

This week's episode features a conversation with Gaenor Dixon, SPA's former Board Director and National President.