Speak Out October 2016

National conference

National Conference 28–31 May 2017, ICC Sydney

practice in Sydney providing second opinion assessments and treatment to children and adults with speech disorders. Tricia tweets as @tricmc on speech pathology topics and baking. Call for papers The closing date has passed and the reviewers are busy grading each abstract. The CPC would like to thank everyone who submitted an abstract and every effort will be made to include as many as possible into the Conference program. Authors of abstracts accepted into the Conference program will be contacted in early November 2016 and asked to confirm their participation. Call for reviewers The Scientific Program Chair (SPC) would like to thank all members who have offered to review abstracts for the 2017 National Conference. Welcome Reception and win a ticket to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Conference Planning Committee is pleased to introduce you to the first of our keynote speakers Dr Laura Justice and congratulates Elizabeth Usher Memorial Award recipient Dr Tricia McCabe.

Laura Justice is EHE Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology at The Ohio State University. She is also Executive Director of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy and the Schoenbaum Family Center. Dr Justice is interested in identifying ways to more effectively support the early language and literacy development of children experiencing risk, including

children with communication disorders and children living in poverty. Justice is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, appearing in such journals as Child Development ; Psychological Science ; Developmental Psychology ; Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research ; and American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology . Justice is also the author of two major textbooks in communication sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders: A Contemporary Perspective , and Language Development: Theory of Practice . Justice is heavily involved with literacy promotion in international contexts, including ongoing work scaling up a parent–child reading program in Indigenous Maya villages in Eastern Mexico.

The 2017 National Conference Welcome Reception will be held at the iconic Luna Park. In 1999 the NSW Government accepted Metro Edgley’s proposal for redevelopment of the site and in 2003 construction and total refurbishment of buildings and rides began. Prior to this the Big Dipper Rollercoaster was sold to Dreamworld Queensland. In 2004 Luna Park reopened. In 2010 Luna Park was listed on the State Heritage Register. In keeping with our Conference logo, we are giving one member who attends the 2017 National Conference the opportunity to win a ticket to climb the

Dr Tricia McCabe CPSP is Head of Discipline and Associate Professor in Speech Pathology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at The University of Sydney. From 2010-2016 she was Course Director of the undergraduate degree in speech pathology. Tricia has published more than 60 peer reviewed journal articles, supervised more than 20 research students, and has had $3.6

Sydney Harbour Bridge. Each month within Event eNews, we will include a question and the correct answers will go into the draw to win the prize. The winning name will be drawn at the 2017 National Conference during pre-registration on Sunday 28 May 2017. Sponsorship and exhibition The Sponsorship and Exhibition Invitation is now available from our website. Please visit www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/ Professional Education/National Conference 2017 for full details. The CPC would like to welcome the first sponsors: Guild Insurance has confirmed sponsorship of the Conference. Dinner and photo booth. Nestle Health Science has confirmed sponsorship of the Conference lanyards. The exhibitors to date include – Coviu Global, Precise, Pro-Ed Australia, Reading Doctor, Sandpiper Publications, SP in Vietnam and Cambodia, speechBITE, Speech Pathology Australia and Wise Words Australia. Harmony Turnbull 2017 Conference Convenor Pamela Richards National Conference Manager

million in research grants. She has been an accreditor of university speech pathology programs since 2006 and is a member of the management committee of speechBITE. Tricia’s research, teaching and clinical practice are all focused on improving treatments for moderate-severe speech impairments in children and adults. In particular, she has spent much of the past ten years working to improve treatments for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech and this has resulted in the two Randomised Control Trials comparing different interventions in this population. With a team of colleagues, research and undergraduate students, and volunteers she has developed the Rapid Syllable Transition Training intervention (ReST), a novel intervention which uses drill practice of non-words to improve the motor planning skills. This treatment has been shown to be effective in face-to-face and telehealth service delivery. The Ian Potter Foundation has recently funded a free Internet based training program for clinicians in ReST and this training will provide many more children with access to this innovative treatment Tricia is also interested in the application of evidence-based practice in speech pathology, service delivery innovations and professional voice user training. She maintains a small private

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