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The Association endorsed the
State Library of Queensland’s
First 5 Forever Toolkit for
parents, which includes the
2014 Book of the Year winner—
I am a Dirty Dinosaur! The
Association’s logo appears on
much of the toolkit’s collateral.
The Association curated the
@WeSpeechies #RoCur on
the topic ‘Strategic planning:
objectives, deliverables and
future directions’.
The South Australian Branch
launched New and Aspiring
Speechies (NAAS).
The Association’s National Office
moved into new premises at
Level 1 / 114 Williams Street,
Melbourne – less than 200
metres from the Association’s
former location of 18 years in
Bank Place.
The Association’s new Code of
Ethics – Advertising Policy came
into effect on 1 July, 2015.
A total of 64 CPD events were
run in 2015. Fifty-four Branch
events with1240 registrations,
plus 10 online events attracted
over 1400 registrations.
Speech Pathology Australia was one of
117 non-government organisations to
take part in the launch of ‘Recognise
Health’, an initiative of the Lowitja
Institute that aims to promote
understanding of the important link
between health, wellbeing, and
constitutional recognition of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people.
Five books and their author/illustrators
were celebrated as part of the Speech
Pathology Australia Book of the Year
2015 Awards, held in Brisbane in
partnership with the State Library of
Queensland.
Speech Pathology Week 2015 promoted
the theme Talk with Me, with the
Tasmanian Branch’s No Bars on Books
initiative securing donations of over 3000
new and used books.
Fellowship was awarded to Dr Janet Beilby; the
Elinor Wray Award went to Karyn Johns; and Life
Membership went to Professor Sharyanne McLeod.
The inaugural Community-based Innovation in
Speech Pathology Award was conferred on the
Wollongong Catholic Education Office.
The Journal of Clinical Practice
in Speech-Language Pathology
editor’s prize was awarded to Dr
Kathryn Crowe and Professor
Sharynne McLeod for their article,
Communication choices: Translating
research to practice for professionals
working with children with hearing
loss.
Ruth Hartman and Wesley
Heights win an Australian
Aged Care Quality Agency
Better Practice Award for
their Conversation Club.
2015 SPA Achievements
So much to celebrate...