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Branch News
Queensland
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.