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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.