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4 Speak Out October 2013 Speech Pathology Australia
Association News
ICP2014 and QLD Registration Board update
ICP2014 IALP SAC meeting (from left): Jonathan Linklater (President, IASLT), Anne Healy (Secretary, IASLT),
Gail Mulcair (CEO, SPA), Joanne Charlebois (CEO, CASLPA), Bryony Simpson (Chair, RCSLT), Derek Munn
(Director of Policy, RCSLT), Kamini Gadhok (CEO, RCSLT), Judy Meintzeir (President, CASLPA),
Arlene Pietranton (CEO, ASHA), Patty Prelock (President, ASHA), Dean Sutherland (NZSTA), Chris Stone
(SPA President, 2010–2013 – taking photo).
Stand up for Communication!
You can still sign up to be a Communication Champion during the ICP2014.
Raise the profile of communication disorders and the difference you make to people’s lives.
We’ll support you every step of the way, so sign up today.
For more information, contact
Queensland Registration Board Legacy Funds Program
Update
Communication
ICP2014
Champion
Australia
W ith the
dissolution of the
Registration Board
in Queensland in May this
year, it was identified that a
substantial amount of funds
remained held in trust. The
funds accumulated have
largely come from registration
fees paid to the Registration
Board over time, and in
the past have been held
in reserve for any liabilities
that the Board may have
incurred, as well as specific
purpose grant programs for
the benefit of Queensland
speech pathologists.
Over the period of
transition to dissolve the
Registration Board, the
Queensland government
expressed a strong
commitment that those
funds should continue to
be managed and utilised
in the interests of the
Queensland speech
pathology profession and
ultimately for the benefit
of consumers of speech
pathology services in
Queensland.
Queensland Health has
subsequently negotiated with
Speech Pathology Australia,
as the profession’s peak
body, to manage the funds
and auspice appropriate
grant schemes, ensuring
that, in good faith, the funds
will be utilised for the benefit
of all speech pathologists
in Queensland (irrespective
of SPA membership) and to
include speech pathologists
working across all sectors of
practice. Speech Pathology
Australia is currently
working with a Queensland
based Reference group
and Queensland Health to
establish the scope and
criteria across a range of
grant schemes to be funded
by these legacy funds.
Once the program’s scope,
criteria and eligibility are
confirmed and a contract
signed with Queensland
Health, details of the
available schemes for
2014 will be distributed
to speech pathologists
through SPA publications
and through multiple
employer and departmental
networks.
Gail Mulcair
Chief Executive Officer
T he International Association of
Logopedics and Phoniatrics
Congress was an eventful time for
ICP2014 organising countries. It included
endorsement of the project by the IALP
Board and the launch of the official logo
(as premiered during SPWeek) and www.
website.
Much discussion about how to make the
project truly international also took place.
Member organisations are now
approaching speech pathology and
consumer bodies in countries around
the world, as well as promoting the
project at conferences and congresses.
We need your help! If your professional
networks extend outside of Australia,
help us get in touch with Asia-Pacific
and beyond – contact jwood@
.