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National Officehas a 1300 368 835 number to supportmemberswithinAustralia tohave equity inphoningNational Office for the cost of a local call.Whenphoning about CPD, pleasehave your SPAmember number ready tohelpus assist you as efficiently aspossible.

The 2014National Tour speaker is Dr JuliaStarling – “Supportingupper primaryolder school-aged children andadolescentswith language and literacydifficulty: Time for some creative thinking!” Dr JuliaStarling is presenting a two-dayworkshop on the nature and impact of, and interventions for, older school-aged children and adolescentswith language and literacy difficulties. The content will include both school-based and clinical management approaches. The flyer for the 2014National Tour which outlines the objectives and content of theworkshop is available on theSPAwebsite under News andEvents > AssociationNational Tourwebpage .

Location Brisbane

Dates

Thursday 20 and Friday 21 February 2014 – SOLDOUT

Monday 31March and Tuesday 1April 2014 – SOLDOUT

Melbourne

Thursday 26 June and Friday 27 June 2014 – ONLINEREGISTRATION NOWOPEN

Darwin

Monday 4August and Tuesday 5August 2014 – ONLINEREGISTRATION NOWOPEN

Adelaide

Thursday 7 and Friday 8August 2014 – ONLINEREGISTRATION NOWOPEN

Perth

Thursday 21 and Friday 22August 2014 – ONLINEREGISTRATION NOWOPEN

Hobart

Thursday 30October and Friday 31October 2014 – ONLINEREGISTRATION NOWOPEN

Canberra

Thursday 13 and Friday 14November 2014 – OPENINGSOON

Sydney

TheAssociation is alsodelighted that Dr CarolineBowen ispresentingworkshops for SPA across anumber of states in 2014...

Known throughout theSLPprofession for her www.speech-language-therapy.com website, CarolineBowenPhD haspractised inAustraliaas aclinical speech-languagepathologist for over 40 years. She is anHonoraryAssociate inLinguistics atMacquarieUniversity inAustraliaandan HonoraryResearchFellow inSpeech-LanguagePathology at theUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal in SouthAfrica. Tending to liveout of a suitcase, her currentworkloadcomprises research, writing andconstructingandpresentingContinuingProfessional Development events: nationally around Australiaand internationally inadozenormorecountries. Her professional expertise is inchildren’s speech sounddisorders and she is intensely interested in thepart families canplay in intervention.

The planned itinerary includesworkshops that ran in early April inPerth andMelbourne, and events that are open for online registration inSydney inAugust, and thenworkshops inSeptember in Toowoomba, Townsville, Brisbane and Tamworth. Dr Bowen has announced that 2014will be her last year presentingworkshops inAustralia, so register early to avoid disappointment as these events are expected to sell out fast and therewon’t be repeats!

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