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: marina.hennes@education.vic.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.

Establishing a thriving 'community of practice' - S03 E12

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.

Culturally responsive practice – a conversation with Professor Yvette Hyter - S03 E17

In this week’s episode, Speech Pathology Australia's Anneke Flinn speaks to proud Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara woman, Lorraine Randall. Lorraine chats about her journey to becoming an allied health assistant and her work in the speech pathology department at the Royal Darwin Hospital.

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.

Allied health assistants in speech pathology - S03 E19

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 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.

Ethics FAQs: stress, communication and avoiding complaints - S03 E46

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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 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.

Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders - S04 E02

This week SPA’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee discuss cultural safety in practice. The panel guests are Tara Lewis, an Iman woman, Eddie Ong, an Torres Strait Islander man, Shari Fuller, a Jirrbul woman, Tania Harris a Bundjalung woman, Jessica Russ-Smith a Wiradyuri Wambuul woman and Rachel Doolan a Wiradjuri woman.  

The panel speak about cultural safety, why this is imperative, and some reflections on how to imbed cultural safety in everyday work. 

We acknowledge 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. 

 

Resources: 

SPA’s Anti-Racism Position Statement: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/libraryviewer?ResourceID=54 

SPA’s response to racism statement: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/Public/About-Us/Reconciliation/Response-to-Racism.aspx?hkey=86b98d65-f0da-4b15-95ac-ba7a369c4a5a 

 

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Culturally Safe Practices S05 E44

In this week’s episode Naomi Folder, who was the project officer for SPA’s newly released practice guideline ‘Working with people with lived experience of dementia’, speaks with Kym Torresi, Senior Advisor, Aged Care. Kym and Naomi speak about the process of developing this guideline, and the important role that speech pathologists can play in supporting people with dementia.  

   

Speech Pathology Australia acknowledge 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.   

  

  

Resources:   

Australian Association of Gerontology- https://www.aag.asn.au/ 

Sydney Dementia Network- https://www.sydney.edu.au/brain-mind/our-research/sydney-dementia-network.html 

Young Onset Dementia Special Interest Group (YOD-SIG)- https://www.australiandementianetwork.org.au/special-interest-groups/yod-sig/#:~:text=About%20YOD%2DSIG,onset%20dementia%20and%20their%20families 

Understanding dementia MOOC- https://www.utas.edu.au/wicking/understanding-dementia 

For a copy of the article ‘Stepping back into the dementia space’ please email learninghub@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au 

 

SPA member resources:   

Working with people with lived experience of dementia guideline- https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Members/libraryviewer?ResourceID=899 

 

Speech pathologists working with older people position statement-  

https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/Public/About-Us/Our-organisation/Position-statements/Older-People.aspx 

 

 

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Working with people with lived experience of dementia – a new Practice Guideline! S06 E09

The SPA Early Career Reference Group (ECRG) has developed the first of a number of Q&A podcasts to provide information to early career speech pathologists across a range of non-clinical areas. The first podcast is a Q&A with Dr Meredith Prain, the Professional Support Advisor at SPA. Within this podcast Meredith answers commonly asked questions relating to supervision and mentoring, moving from Provisional to full Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP) status and supports available upon entering the workforce. If early career speech pathologists have ideas for future projects for the ECRG, please post on the Early Career Member Community Facebook page.

Early Career Podcast - Episode 1

In this episode, learn about the CBOS review and discover how you can shape the future of the speech pathology profession.

CBOS review update - S01 Ep15

The Speak Up podcast by Speech Pathology Australia 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.

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Working with people with lived experience of dementia – a new Practice Guideline! S06 E09

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