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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.
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
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
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 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
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
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
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28–31 May 2017, ICC Sydney