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Professional development
Your feedback
“A reminder email may have been useful”
“Maybe send a reminder one week before CPD event with times/
location etc.”
SPA action
A reminder email is now being sent out to registrants one week
before each event, either from National Office or the Branch.
What could SPA CPD do better?
“Seek out more PD relating to older children (language and literacy)”
“Offer more PD spread across the year. PD seems to be mostly at
end of the year”
SPA action
We have incorporated your suggestions in to the CPD program.
What does SPA CPD do well?
“Appreciate country traveller’s rate”
“Traveller’s rates are great”
SPA action
The Traveller’s rate will continue for all Branch CPD events.
Sharon Crane
Senior Advisor, Professional Education & Certification
SPOTLIGHT ON PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT
There are many ways of accessing
professional support, and one
way can be through your existing
professional networks. Speech
Pathology Australia has recently
developed an information sheet
on professional networks, which
outlines what a professional network
is, and how to develop professional
support through these networks.
This information can be found on
the Association’s website under the
General Professional Resources
section plus on the Early Career
page under the section Accessing
Professional Development.
While Speech Pathology Australia
provides a means for finding a
supervisor for external supervision
via the Supervision Register and
for finding a mentor via the Find a
Mentor search, members are also
encouraged to source supervision,
mentoring, and peer support through
their existing professional networks.
If you have any questions regarding
professional support options
please contact Meredith Prain,
Professional Support Advisor, psa@
Meredith Prain
Professional Support Advisor
Source supervisors
and mentors from your
professional network
SPA CPD program
What you told us, what we
are doing about it, and what
SPA CPD could do better?
There have been recent changes to the student
supervision activity type.
The changes are outlined below.
What’s new in PSR?
Changes to the student
supervision activity
Student Supervision (Code S)
Supervision of an entry level (Bachelors
or Masters) speech pathology student
participating in a clinical placement
= 6 points per student in the second half of
course per placement; 3 points per student
in the first half of the course.
Supervision of an entry level (Bachelors or
Masters) speech pathology student in an
observation clinic = 1 point per student
per placement, to a maximum of 6 points
per year.
Supervision of SPA re-entry members
= 3 points per speech pathologist.
Supervision of other post-secondary
students, such as allied health assistants
or allied health professional students
= 1 point per non-speech pathology
student per placement.