Speak Out October 2016

Branch News

Speech Pathology Week in Queensland Speech pathologists in services all over Queensland took the opportunity that Speech Pathology Week offered to raise awareness around communication and swallowing within their communities. Below is a snapshot of some of the events that were held across Queensland.

Queensland

Department of Education and Training South East Region The South East Region of the Department of Education and Training held a morning tea to celebrate Speech Pathology Week as well as marking 50 years of SLPs in education. Participants also completed a quiz.

QLD 1556 members as at August 2016

Yvette Dempsey Private practice Gold Coast

Yvette organised for a number of Gold Coast private practitioners to volunteer their time to present to childcare centre staff and parents about supporting the development of communication and swallowing. Yvette also presented to a young mothers’ group about early communication and swallowing development as well as at two state primary schools.

Kathy Osborne and Angie Canning Private practice Gold Coast

Paediatric private practitioners Kathy Osborne and Angie Canning volunteered their time to present to parents at a childcare centre about supporting communication and feeding in young children while also presenting the Read and Grow strategies for supporting the development of communication and pre-literacy skills. Kathy put together a static display of Speech Pathology Australia promotional materials and a quiz competition at the Runaway Bay Library. Kathy was also featured in an article for the Gold Coast Sun Newspaper talking about Speech Pathology Week and communication disorders.

Griffith University Gold Coast

The Griffith University speech pathology students ran a social media campaign on Twitter and Facebook on the topic of “creating futures” for people with communication and swallowing difficulties. They also held a bake sale to celebrate Speech Pathology Week 2016.

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