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It took a decade for the economy to stabilise and for the

country to recover from the natural disasters. Over this time,

many new patterns of work were established. Professionals

and clients alike recognised these new approaches as bringing

significant benefits to the community, to efficient service delivery

and to the job satisfaction of professionals.

The lessons learnt resulted in a much greater investment in

transdisciplinary training for pre-entry students. The application

of technology to assessment and intervention was embraced

and speech pathologists in all contexts (public, private, and not

for profit) were working closely with a rapidly growing support

workforce. Research reflecting some of the new and emerging

ways of working began to be done and lessons were readily

applied in practice.

What if…

What if Australia’s economy was on the brink of

collapse and public speech pathology services

were drastically cut?

• How willing would the profession be to

delegate tasks and take on new roles?

• What factors would need to be considered in

prioritising services?

What if transdisciplinary practices became the

norm?

• What cultural and practice changes would be

required to improve integration across health

and human services?

• What education and funding changes would

be required to support transdisciplinary

practice?

What if technology was used much more

extensively for clients to undertake their own

speech therapy?

• How would this effect the role of the

relationship between clients and speech

pathologists?

• What access, financial, capability and equity

issues would arise in implementing these

approaches?