Speak Out October 2016

Rachael Di Bella Cairns In her role as the SPA regional representative for Cairns, Rachael prepared and distributed promotional material for Speech Pathology Week to the towns in the Far North Queensland regions including Tully, Innisfail, Mareeba, Thursday Island and Weipa.

Gold Coast speech pathologists Gold Coast

Speech pathologists from services across the Gold Coast came together in Speech Pathology Week to present: Speech Pathology: A Look Inside the Work and the Profession . The evening consisted of a series of presentations from speech pathologists from each agency on the Gold Coast for people considering joining the speech pathology profession.

Gold Coast Hospital and Health District Gold Coast Members of allied health, including speech pathology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, dietetics and students participated in a special “Olympic Games” featuring events such as a fruit puree eating contest and blind-folded thickened fluids taste test. They also held a SP Week 2016 photo booth.

University of Queensland Brisbane

UQ hosted a seminar for speech pathology students where clinicians and clients a like presented to the next generation of speech pathologists about the profession and the impact that a speech pathologist’s work can have on their clients.

Catholic Education Services Cairns

The Cairns office of Catholic Education Services dedicated a webpage to Speech Pathology Week and distributed information posters to 29 schools in the diocese.

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October 2016 www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

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