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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

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

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Speak Out

October 2016

www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

National conference

National Conference

28–31 May 2017, ICC Sydney