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Executive summary
Speech Pathology 2030 – making futures happen
is a landmark
project initiated by Speech Pathology Australia, on behalf of the
speech pathology profession, to develop a vision for the future
of speech pathology in Australia.
The purpose of speech pathology provided a solid and
resolute foundation for the
Speech Pathology 2030
project and
underpins the vision.
Our purpose, as we head towards 2030, does not alter. As
speech pathologists our work supports each and every person
to:
• communicate effectively;
• eat and drink, balancing safety and enjoyment;
• connect and belong;
• exercise their right to self-determination;
• fulfil their day-to-day needs;
• participate in, and contribute to, their community;
• learn to their full potential; and
• expand and achieve their life choices.
We steadfastly maintain our commitment to achieving these
goals for everyone in our community now and into the future.
Hundreds of speech pathologists, clients, their families,
professional colleagues and other stakeholders contributed to
creating the
Speech Pathology 2030
vision.
The vision sets out ambitious new directions to make the most
of the opportunities and changes happening around us. It also
identifies where and how we can extend the best of today’s
leading edge work to benefit the whole community.
The vision is organised around eight core aspirations.
By 2030, speech pathologists and the speech pathology
profession aspire to the following:
1. Communication accessible communities:
We will
ensure through building communication accessibility that
everyone is treated with dignity and respect; communication
partners are skilled listeners and talkers (e.g. they provide extra
thinking and talking time, they know not to finish off someone’s
sentences, etc.) and other methods of communicating (e.g.
communication boards, speech-generating devices, switches
and eue-tracking devices etc.) will be understood, and if
required, their use supported.
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